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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

  1. Hard Disk IO bug, the M4 SSD need upgrade the firmware
  2. The init system has changed from OpenRC to Systemd.
  3. 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

  1. The MacBook Pro doesn't support the usb bootable device
  2. I don't have DVD ROM, because I have replaced it with one Hard Disk.
  3. Sometimes the keyboard doesn't work for X and kernel problems.
  4. I don't aware the difference between OpenRC and Systemd

Upgrade the M4 SSD firmware

  1. Download the firmware from the official website
  2. Get the BOOT2880.IMG from the iso file
  3. Downloa
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