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#1 2012-09-01 14:52:46
- loki1989
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Macbook Pro EFI install issues
I have a Mabook Pro 6,2 (Mid 2010). While trying to install just arch as my singular OS on the machine I loaded the disk hit the option button and low and behold I see an EFI boot option under the mac's hard coded boot selector. If I select it loads... until I get an i915 0000:00:02.0: Invalid ROM contents. it locks and never finishes. From what I have read from all of last year isn't on the latest builds of Arch. I found rEFInd and reinstall OSX onto a spare laptop HDD I had around (replaced the main drive I use). I have read about all I can and don't know where to go from here. rEFInd doesn't see the EFI stub from the CD but the hard EFI shell does.
I have been trying to follow these instructions
http://plopez.nfshost.com/2011_macbook_ … _dual-boot
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=147700
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#2 2012-09-01 21:03:55
- loki1989
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
It seems to boot behind the screen but it stops displaying anything after the Invalid ROM Contents get displayed.
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#3 2012-09-03 03:14:30
- WonderWoofy
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
Well, it sounds like it is trying to use the Intel card, so did you follow the advice on Arch's Intel wiki page and put i915 in the modules of mkinitcpio.conf? If so, does it boot in low res if you append nomodeset to your bootloader command line?
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#4 2012-09-04 03:18:09
- loki1989
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
That would require a working arch install in the first place.
Also I and trying to get a pure EFI install. Using only rEFInd to get it installed.
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#5 2012-09-04 03:22:56
- WonderWoofy
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
That would require a working arch install in the first place.
Also I and trying to get a pure EFI install. Using only rEFInd to get it installed.
I understand you are trying to get an EFI booting system. It does not require a booting arch install to make the changes I suggested. What tool did you use to install the bootloader in the first place? chroot my friend... chroot.
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#6 2012-09-05 06:26:43
- loki1989
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
I am trying to get the installer to boot. It had an efi boot option I thought I would try. It tries to load and then stops at the i915.
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#7 2012-09-05 14:50:43
- WonderWoofy
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
I am trying to get the installer to boot. It had an efi boot option I thought I would try. It tries to load and then stops at the i915.
You keep repeating this info... did you actually try to fix, per the suggestions above?
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#8 2012-09-10 19:38:35
- loki1989
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Re: Macbook Pro EFI install issues
loki1989 wrote:I am trying to get the installer to boot. It had an efi boot option I thought I would try. It tries to load and then stops at the i915.
You keep repeating this info... did you actually try to fix, per the suggestions above?
Do you have instructions on how to modify the mkinitcpio.conf on an install-usb from either the Mac OS or Windows OS. I would be glad to modify it on the installer drive I have if I knew how.
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