Fedora 12 on an apple XServe 3,1

[arunb01]

Hi,

I am trying to run Fedora 12 on an apple XServe 3,1

The configuration of the system is as shown below

Processor - 2 x 2.93 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory - 12 GB 1066 Mhz DDR3

The diskutil output is as shown below

spider:~ root# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: CD_partition_scheme *807.2 Mi disk0
1: CD_ROM_Mode_1 Fedora-12-x86_64 655.3 Mi disk0s0
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *30.0 Gi disk1
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS root 29.7 Gi disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.8 Ti disk2
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS RecArray 1.8 Ti disk2s2

I am using a grub2 EFI 64 bit (v1.97) and rEFIt and trying to boot using Fed 12 Live CD

My grub.cfg is

# grub.cfg for grub2 rev 2074 april 2009
timeout=10
default=0
set F1=ctrl-x
set F2=ctrl-c
menuentry "MacOSX" {
root=(hd0,2)
chainloader /usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
}
menuentry "GNU/Linux- Fedora 12 LiveCD" {
root=(cd0)
fakebios
search --set -f /isolinux/vmlinuz0
linux /isolinux/vmlinuz0 root=CDLABEL=Fedora-12-x86_64-Live rootfstype=auto ro liveimg rhgb
initrd /isolinux/initrd0.img
}
menuentry "REBOOT" {
reboot
}


When i startup my system, i get the grub screen, i select "GNU/Linux- Fedora 12 LiveCD" and then i see some boot codes rolling.
Finally, it prints a message saying
"md: autorun complete"
and then i dont see any more message. I am expecting to see a command prompt.

Any guidence would be really appreciated.

Thanks
Arun

---------- Post added at 11:59 AM CST ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 AM CST ----------

I added
raid=noautodetect
to the boot options.

I proceeded a bit further but now i get this message

md: Skipping autodetection of RAID arrays.(raid=autodetect will force)
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "CDLABEL=Fedora-12-x86_64" or unknown-block(0,0)
PLease append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions;
0b00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr
Kernel panic - not syncing :VFS: Unable to mount roof fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Pid: 1, comm:swapper Tainted:G M 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:

[<ffffffff8141885c>] panic+0x7a/0x12c
[<ffffffff817152ba>] mount_block_root+0x266/0x291
...
...


I am going to try with some other root options...

[CSchwangler]

Did you verify the downloaded iso and/or did you verify the burned CD? It looks as if the liveCD cannot find the root image and that looks like a bad download/burn.

[arunb01]

yes.. I verified it.

[sjgoalie]

Hi,
I just wanted to see how this was going for you.