Abandon GUID for MBR on Macbook; how to install

[guitaristz]

With a coreduo Macbook and the need for more than two partitions (including XP) I'm having trouble installing any form of Leopard. I can't do the official disks as their insist on GUID partitioning and what the heck am I supposed to tick or untick on these patched DVDs?

I've tried the obvious choices (Intel) on iDeneb and when getting not far at all after the install, tried everything off with equally bleak results.

'just doesn't make sence.

 

THX

[cyclonefr]

you cant boot MBR OSX from a MacBook AFAIK, but you can install Vista (and XP via Bootcamp) on a GUID partition.

[guitaristz]

Yes, I know;) I may try and go the Bootcamp route and then add a partition with GParted.

 

I found some better specs (maybe this will help someone) on a FreeBSD article: http://goddess-gate.com/dc2/index.php/post/251

 

Macbook CoreDuo

* CPU: Intel Core Duo or Core 2 Duo depending on model, with two cores. An SMP kernel with ACPI support is mandatory if you want to use multi-core.

* GPU: i945GM (GMA950). Fully supported.

* Display: 1280x800. Fully supported with X.org 7.3.

* Mouse: Depend if you use an USB mouse or the trackpad. Device to use is “/dev/umsX” (X will depend of device detection order). If no mouse is plugged in, the trackpad will use “/dev/ums0”, don't works well with X.org. My Logitech MX 1000 (uses “/dev/ums0”, then the trackpad uses “/dev/ums1”), works great (see the related chapter).

* Audio: Detected as ICH7 High Definition Audio, fully supported, but I didn't test sound recording. (see the related chapter).

* Webcam: Detected as generic USB device. It's neither supported by SPCA5xx nor PWCBSD.

* Firewire: Detected as a Lucent FW322/323 device. It works.

* Bluetooth: The device is not supporter by standard bluetooth driver, “ng_ubt”. FreeBSD just seems to detect “/dev/ukbd1” and “/dev/ums1” devices. Maybe a generic driver for Bluetooth keyboard / mouse controller.

* Firewire network adapter: Detected as “/dev/net/fwe0” device. Should work.

* Ethernet network adapter: Detected as a 88E8053 Yukon PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller, fully supported. (see the related chapter).

* WIFI network adapter: On a Core Duo MacBook, it's an Atheros 5424 adapter. Detected as “/dev/net/ath0”, it works (see the related chapter).

* DVD burner: Detected as “/dev/acd0” device. With a kernel modification, it's detected as an SCSI pseudo-device “/dev/cd0”. This SCSI pseudo-device is mandatory in order to use “cdrdao”, “cdrtools” and “dvd+rw-tools” tools (see the related chapter).

* SATA controller: Intel ICHM7, detected and works.

* USB / USB2 controller: Intel ICH7, detected and works.

* Battery: Detected, “battery0” device.