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Bug 327923 - Gentoo Minimal LiveCD Boot Failure (Macbook Pro 7,1) MCP89
Summary: Gentoo Minimal LiveCD Boot Failure (Macbook Pro 7,1) MCP89
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: InstallCD (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major with 3 votes (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2010-07-12 14:04 UTC by Stewart Powell
Modified: 2012-12-24 05:16 UTC (History)
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Description Stewart Powell 2010-07-12 14:04:43 UTC
MCP89 SATA support for the newest Macbook Pro 13 inch (and possibly other versions of the latest hardware revision for Macs) is broken. Systems cannot boot the livecd. But filed upstream with kernel.org (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15923). There was a patch released for the kernel but the patch has only just been mainlined and is several kernel versions ahead. Is it possible to get the patch provided in the bug report applied to the gentoo-sources tree / pushed to a livecd release to enable use of the CD?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download / burn gentoo livecd
2. Attempt to boot cd
3.

Actual Results:  
System loads modules, but is eventually unable to find the CDROM drive and cannot continue boot.

Expected Results:  
System boots to a prompt.
Comment 1 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2011-05-13 21:15:45 UTC
Can you please test the latest CD available and check if it works for you?
Comment 2 Mason Larobina 2011-05-22 11:17:55 UTC
Same problem in `install-amd64-minimal-20110421.iso`
Comment 3 tommed 2011-08-04 15:18:43 UTC
I am also seeing this with the new Mac Mini (Dual Core with CD drive) with 'install-x86-minimal-20110726.iso'
Comment 4 Stewart Powell 2011-08-11 19:54:27 UTC
Another quick update, this bug is still present in the latest releases of the i386 and amd64 live CDs.
Comment 5 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2012-07-19 11:41:18 UTC
Can you please test with the latest CD?
Comment 6 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2012-12-24 05:16:03 UTC
We need some feedback.