linux:gentoo-upgrade-mbp
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Gentoo on MacBook Pro(MD318, 15inch, late 2011)
Cheers, finally I made it, the Gentoo back to work on my MacBook Pro.
I have spent several days to make the Gentoo back, because previous it works, but after one update whatever, it can't start the X.
The biggest problems I met is
- Hard Disk IO bug, the M4 SSD need upgrade the firmware
 - The init system has changed from OpenRC to Systemd.
 - Can't start X(startx, Xorg -configure, X -configure, aticonfig –initial) doesn't work
 
So you can image how difficult it is to fix all the problems, because
- The MacBook Pro doesn't support the usb bootable device
 - I don't have DVD ROM, because I have replaced it with one Hard Disk.
 - Sometimes the keyboard doesn't work for X and kernel problems.
 - I don't aware the difference between OpenRC and Systemd
 
Upgrade the M4 SSD firmware
- Download the firmware from the official website
 - Get the BOOT2880.IMG from the iso file
 - Download the riEFI file
 - Mount the EFI and get the SYSLINUX
 - cp -a SYSLINUX /boot/
 - cp BOOT2880.IMG /boot/SYSLINUX
 - Boot to the grub and press “c” to do the manual boot
 
root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/SYSLINUX/ubnkern initrd /boot/SYSLINUX/BOOT2880.IMG boot
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