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This page documents my install of Fedora Core 31 on a 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro 8 2. I had done this previously, but needed to do it again after installing an SSD. This time I thought I'd document it. I will revise this in the future for newer versions of Fedora, if necessary. | This page documents my install of Fedora Core 31 on a 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro 8 2. I had done this previously, but needed to do it again after installing an SSD. This time I thought I'd document it. I will revise this in the future for newer versions of Fedora, if necessary. | ||
Follow these instructions at your ow risk! | This assumes some familiarity with GNU/Linux systems, particularly on the command line. Follow these instructions at your ow risk! | ||
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To do this install, I used a 4 GB USB flash drive. First, download the image, which I grabbed [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/download/index.html here]. | To do this install, I used a 4 GB USB flash drive. First, download the image, which I grabbed [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/download/index.html here]. I then used a different GNU/Linux system to write the image to the drive. To find the drive device name, you can use <code>ls -lah | grep sd</code>. Run this before and after plugging your drive in, and find which device appears after. You want just the device, not a partition. So look for something like <code>sdc</code> and not <code>sdc1</code>. | ||
Revision as of 02:57, 12 April 2020
This page documents my install of Fedora Core 31 on a 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro 8 2. I had done this previously, but needed to do it again after installing an SSD. This time I thought I'd document it. I will revise this in the future for newer versions of Fedora, if necessary.
This assumes some familiarity with GNU/Linux systems, particularly on the command line. Follow these instructions at your ow risk!
Install
I'll be installing onto a 1 TB SSD, and dedicating the whole thing to Fedora (ie, no dual boot with Mac OS/OS X). I'm trying the KDE spin, although a lot here should be applicable to other editions as well.
Install Media
To do this install, I used a 4 GB USB flash drive. First, download the image, which I grabbed here. I then used a different GNU/Linux system to write the image to the drive. To find the drive device name, you can use ls -lah | grep sd. Run this before and after plugging your drive in, and find which device appears after. You want just the device, not a partition. So look for something like sdc and not sdc1.