MacBook4,2 (late 2008) - ArchWiki

# MacBook4,2 (late 2008)

NOTE: This article is still work in progress - by kcirick

This article is intended specifically for Macbook(4,2) (late September 2008) model. If you have other Macbook model, please see here.

## The Model

To make sure that you have the right model, here is the list of system specifications for Macbook(4,2) [1]

- Release Date: October 14, 2008
- Model Numbers: MB402*/B
- Display: 13.3-inch glossy widescreen LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution (WXGA, 16:10 = 8:5 aspect ratio)
- Front Side Bus: 800 MHz
- CPU: 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (T8100)
- Memory: 1 GB (two 512 MB) 667 MHz PC2-5300 - Expandable to 4 GB
- Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 using 144 MB RAM
- Hard Drive: 120 GB - Optional 160 GB or 250 GB
- Wireless: Integrated 802.11a/b/g/n (Broadcom BCM4328 rev03)
- Slot Drive: 4× DVD+R DL writes, 8× DVD±R read, 4× DVD±RW writes, 24× CD-R, and 10x CD-RW recording
- Included OS: Mac OS X v10.5.4
- Battery: 55-watt-hour removable lithium-polymer

## Installation

Incomplete - Work in Progress

### Preliminaries

#### Back up your data

You should backup before you begin the installation. It suffices to just backup the Users directory (/Users/user/ where user is the name of the username in OSX) onto external hard drive or USB stick.

#### Install rEFIt

Before you begin, you should install rEFIt, the bootloader for EFI-based computer, such as the Intel Macbooks.

1. Download the .dmg
2. Install the program
3. run:

    cd /efi/refit; ./enable.sh

#### Note for single-boot

However, if you are going to erase OS-X and plan on single-boot, then you need to also back up

    /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport

You will need this for iSight functionality

### Partitioning

TODO

##### Single-boot (Arch Linux Only)

##### Dual-boot (Arch Linux + OS-X)

##### Triple-boot (Arch Linux + Windows + OS-X)

### Install Arch Linux

TODO

## System Configuration

TODO

### Xorg Setup

#### Video

#### Touchpad

#### Keyboard

### Wireless Setup

This model of Macbook has Broadcom BCM4328(rev03). There are two methods: (a) using ndiswrapper or (b) using broadcom-wl

See Broadcom wireless for more information.

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