does fedora live run on mac ?

schneidz · 05-06-2009, 10:43 AM

can a fedora live-usb boot a powerpc based mac.

how about an intel based mac ?

(would the live cd or dvd work better ?)

thanks,

John VV · 05-06-2009, 01:07 PM

see the fedora " Get Fedora " page
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora
and for ppc
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-ppc
install dvd "Fedora-10-ppc-DVD.torrent" and cd "Fedora-10-ppc-CDs.torrent"

for the intel mac use the normal fedora live cd or install dvd to install

schneidz · 11-14-2009, 07:08 PM

hi, i went to an apple store today to test out if fedora 11 live-usb was able to be booted on a mac.
i tried it on a 13 inch mac book pro but it didnt work.
i then tried it holding the option key (alt) down while it booted and all i got was a menu that had a picture of a hard drive labeled macintosh hd and a clickable arrow pointing to it to start os x.
is there any way to access the bios (or efi) to change the boot order ?

my usb hard drive is formatted as ext2 in case that matters.

Ehtetur · 11-23-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by schneidz

can a fedora live-usb boot a powerpc based mac.

Yes, Fedora 8 Live for PPC

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how about an intel based mac ?

Yes, Fedora 12 Live for i686

schneidz · 11-23-2009, 09:13 PM

^ thx, is there anything special that i must do in oder to get it to boot.

i was unsuccessful with fc-11 live (do macs support booting from usb) ?