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Fedora 17 on Mac Mini 5,1?

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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – I have been trying to boot the Fedora 17 installer on my 2011 Mac Mini (model MacMini5,1) without success. Has anyone else attempted this? I am using the network installer, I downloaded the iso and copied it to a USB drive. The boot begins but then hangs partway through the installation. Many messages are shown, and although the exact messages vary from boot to boot here are the last messages I usually see: Starting Remount Root FS... Started Remount Root FS Starting Configure read-only root support... Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data... Starting Load Random Seed... Sta (HowTos)

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Submitted by leex on 09/12/2012

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