Macbook Pro 8 2 Fedora 31 Install

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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 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.

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