on the macbook pro .. withina hair's breadth

stabu · #1 (**permalink**) 06-Nov-2009, 18:14

OK, I'm within a hair's breadth (even less maybe) of getting openSuSE v11.2rc2 on my brand new macbook pro.
I'm using rEFIt and everything is partitioned up and installed. No problem running MAC OS X 10.6 in its new shrunk partition.

The final problem is booting opensuse on the third partition. I've followed the opensuse on macbook guides, and rEFIt's doc pages. I say problem, but it's really only half a problem, because, if I keep the install DVD in the CD drive, the openSuSE on the HD _will_ boot up .., in fact. At first I thought it was the opsuse on the CD, but it isn't..., it's the one on the HD, I've checked.

I find the rEFIt partitioning tool rather unhelpful ... it provides a "inconclusive" message claiming it will not touch the disc, and after thsi, opensuse will not boot even with the install CD inside as before.

As an aside, opensuse is not loading the broadcom drivers for the wireless either, but I will save that question for later.

Anybody doing similar operations willing to offer useful advice on these actions?

stabu · #2 (**permalink**) 07-Nov-2009, 05:38

right, got it done, what needs to happen is reinstallation of rEFIt within MAC OS X. The two most useful links for this were
[ubuntu] rEFIt ext4 - Ubuntu Forums and SusE 11 vs Macbook - openSUSE Forums

However I now need to get the wireless up and running. It comes up in lspci, it's broadcomm so that's madwifi, which I thought was all integrated now, so I'm a bit mystified.

I'll have to research it.

Knurpht · #3 (**permalink**) 07-Nov-2009, 06:51

Broadcom is NOT madwifi !!! Madwifi is for Atheros based wifi cards. Search the forum for 'broadcom' and you will find the info to get it working.

lwfinger · #4 (**permalink**) 07-Nov-2009, 10:53

On 11/07/2009 06:56 AM, Knurpht wrote:
>
> Broadcom is NOT madwifi !!! Madwifi is for Atheros based wifi cards.
> Search the forum for 'broadcom' and you will find the info to get it
> working.

Look at the stickies at the start of the wireless subforum. They will tell you
how to determine what device you have. You might alos post (there, not here),
the output from 'dmesg | grep b43'

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