Installing Gentto from LiveCD on Macbook (black Screen)

[klisius]

I am trying to install Gentoo on my 2.13 GhZ Intel Core2Duo Macbook (I think its the late 2009 model)

The CD starts up fine but when I press enter to boot the kernals load and starts the hardware detection process then the screen goes black with a violet stripe across the middle.

Then OS X wont boot properly until I remove the battery and put it back in.

I am using the X86 live cd...What else should I try

*UPDATE*
Actually its the minimal install CD there is just a Live CD file in the cd folder

[mesencephalon]

Try the powerpc forum (they answer all macintosh-related questions). You have to scroll down to find it.

Verify that you are using the correct installation CD.

If that is not the problem, verify that you got a good CD:

- check the integrity of the download by checking the hashes
- burn it a slow speed on hardware you have successfully used before

[Mike Hunt]

There is a lot of very good help for that available here:

• Gentoo on a Macbook?
  
• Macbook Pro
  
• and the PPC subforum is here.

should be a good start.

[Frustie]

try editing the kernel boot line and edit the vga= option.