[olug] Announcing Fedora 13 (fwd)

[Cheyenne Deal]

Update: I got Fedora 13 installed on my macbook, now to fix the fuzzy sound
I get when I adjust the sound/try to use headphones/mic

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:02, Roger Hubbard <hubbardroger at msn.com> wrote:

>
> the Fedora 13 install guide really doesn't say that EFI is used/enabled for
> all installs.
>
> I didn't answer your question...
>
> ==========================
> F.2.1. The BIOS
> When an x86 computer is booted, the processor looks at the end of system
> memory for the Basic
> Input/Output System or BIOS program and runs it. The BIOS controls not only
> the first step of the boot
> process, but also provides the lowest level interface to peripheral
> devices. For this reason it is written
> into read-only, permanent memory and is always available for use.
>
> Other platforms use different programs to perform low-level tasks roughly
> equivalent to those of
> the BIOS on an x86 system. For instance, Itanium-based computers use the
> Extensible Firmware
> Interface (EFI) Shell.
> =====================================
>
> Roger
>
>
>
> On May 31, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Roger Hubbard wrote:
>
> >
> > I've opened two ISO's that I have.
> > There is an EFI folder within the Fedora 13 AND the Fedora 11 images.
> >   (Fedora-13-x86_64-Live.iso)
> >
> > Fedora wants to use GRUB legacy...  not GRUB2
> >
> > I can bring a Ubuntu 64bit   10.4  disk
> > and a KUbuntu 64bit  10.4 disk
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 31, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Cheyenne wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know if Fedora13 is EFI compatable? If not could I borrow
> someone's Ubuntu 10 64bit installer disk at the meeting?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:57 PM
> >> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [olug] Announcing Fedora 13 (fwd)
> >>
> >> I believe BTRFS is being marked as stable in the next kernel release.
> Fedora
> >> is a community distro that lives close to the bleeding edge.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't put anything super-critical on a BTRFS partition without
> >> a backup, but then again, that is part of the appearl of BTRFS, that you
> can
> >> go back to earlier snapshots of the same files. In fact, I believe with
> this
> >> Fedora release, there is a package you can install to manage the
> snapshots
> >> of files from within Nautilus.
> >>
> >> If you plan to boot from a BTRFS partition, you will also need a GRUB
> patch
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