Re: Gentoo Linux on a Macbook Pro.

brettawiggins@tpg.com.au writes:

[...] I want to install Gentoo Linux on the Macbook. [...] The main gaps in my knowledge with doing this install surround Grub and partitioning. [...] I don't want to dual boot, I just want a pure Gentoo MacBook.

Have you already read http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Apple_Macbook ? It was the first hit when searching for "gentoo macbook". One thing there that catches my eye is it says to install refit or bootcamp -- which you may need to do *before* you blow away the working OS X image. I lost interest in macs when they stopped being PowerPC, but $coworker is an Apple weenie and IIRC he had to use refit even when logic suggested that it was not necessary (i.e. single boot Linux). Good luck.