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zmbmartin

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Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 43

[SOLVED] Archboot 2012.06 MacBook Pro 8 3 Freeze

I am trying to install ArchLinux on my MacBook Pro 8 3, but when I boot from Archboot I am getting kernel panics or something because it freezes while booting. I have tried passing different options as it freezes at different places when I do. Here are the options I have tried passing:

nomodeset
noapic
nointremap
uvesafb=1920x1200-16

Is there something I am missing? Any help would be great.

Thanks

Last edited by zmbmartin (2012-09-10 16:14:30)

zmbmartin

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Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 43

Re: [SOLVED] Archboot 2012.06 MacBook Pro 8 3 Freeze

I figured out that if I use the options it will boot all the way:

acpi=off radeon.modeset=0

elahav

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From: Ottawa, ON

Registered: 2005-04-18

Posts: 90

Re: [SOLVED] Archboot 2012.06 MacBook Pro 8 3 Freeze

Thanks for your post, zmbmartin. It got me a little further, but not enough.
With "acpi=off radeon.modeset=0", Archboot gets to the setup message. However, the keyboard doesn't work - I can't press enter to get a shell, nor use the function keys to switch between virtual consoles. Did you use any other options?
By the way, mine is a MBP 8,2 (15", Radeon+Intel graphics).