ubuntu 7.10 gutsy on apple intel xserve

[Jason Joines]

Victor Padro wrote:
> i actually installed ubuntu on a intel based imac and a powerpc g4, and 
> both worked, using feitsy and dapper in both, currently they're booting 
> feitsy, i downloaded the alternate cds for x86 and powerpc respectively, 
> because normal cds didn't work as you say.
> 
> hope it helps.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/31/07, *Jason Joines* <joines at okstate.edu 
> <mailto:joines at okstate.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     -------- Original Message  --------
>     Subject: Re: ubuntu 7.10 gutsy on apple intel xserve
>     From: Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu
>     <mailto:sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu>>
>     To:
>     Date: Wed Oct 31 16:00:28 2007
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>      > Jason Joines wrote:
>      >>     I'm a Linux person who just inherited a bunch of apple and dell
>      >> boxes.  Naturally the first thing I've done is begin replacing
>     windows
>      >> on the dells with Ubuntu, no problems there.  Now on to the macs.
>      >>
>      >>     I was given a macbook pro for a laptop and had no problems
>     getting
>      >> Kubuntu on there.  However, I can't get the intel xserve to even
>     boot
>      >> off of an Ubuntu CD.  I tried holding down the C key, the cd is just
>      >> ignored.  I tried powering on while holding down the system
>     identifier
>      >> button, eventually it just spits the cd out.  I yanked the hard
>     drives
>      >> out and powered on with the cd in the drive, it's been setting there
>      >> with a blinking question mark on the screen for more than an
>     hour.  I
>      >> tried all of those things with both an i386 and an amd64 cd with
>     the
>      >> same results.  Both cds had been used to install onto the dells.
>      >>     A "mac person" tried to help me.  They went to a boot drive
>     setting
>      >> in a system preferences application in os x.  I assume it writes
>     changes
>      >> to the efi on disk or something like that.  However, the cd wasn't
>      >> listed which the mac person took to mean it wasn't a boot cd.
>      >>
>      >>     When I put Kubuntu on the intel macbook pro, it was 7.04
>     feisty.  I
>      >> haven't tried 7.04 on the intel xserver yet and I haven't tried the
>      >> powerpc boot disk on any of the powerpc xserve boxes.  I thought
>     using
>      >> the same thing that worked on the dells on the intel xserve
>     boxes would
>      >> be the easiest starting point.
>      >>
>      >>     Any ideas?
>      >>
>      >
>      > This may be your answer...
>      >
>      > http://community.brighton.ac.uk/ajd9/weblog/16003.html
>     <http://community.brighton.ac.uk/ajd9/weblog/16003.html>
>      >
>      > Sarunas
> 
> 
> 
>          I'm not sure if that's the issue or not.  I started down the efi
>     path when I first started trying to get Kubuntu on the intel macbook
>     pro.  However, I was able to boot off of the installer CD.  I then used
>     dd to wipe the drive which got rid of the efi partition and let me
>     install grub to the mbr.  Without wiping the efi partition away, I could
>       not get a bootloader to work.  The macbook pro was supposed to be 64
>     bit  but I had to use the i386 cd as the amd64 said the cpu was not 64
>     bit.  Unfortunately on the xserve, I can't boot off either cd.
> 
>          Right now I'm installing the latest osx so I can install boot camp
>     so I can install linux so I can dd the drive and see what happens.  I'll
>       probably end up being stuck with a dual boot configuration.
> 
> 
>     Jason
>     ===========
> 
>


     I haven't had too many problems with the other apple boxes.  Just 
the xserve.  Still no luck there.


Jason
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