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If you install either GRUB or LILO without syncing first, Linux won't boot. Go back to the installer by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1, and keep doing the installation process up to GRUB or LILO. Note: If you boot directly from the USB medium the installer automatically detects the components as it were a CDRom, no need to mount it manually, no need for a CD at all. If it doesn't work for you, then try to unplug the USB and plug it again. Sometimes it can fail to mount the USB drive. Now, open a TTY by executing Ctrl + Alt + F2, and mount the USB in /cdrom as follows: mount /dev/sdX /cdrom Where sdX should correspond to your device.

When the installer tries to load the components of the cdrom, it will fail.

But for installing, you are going to choose the cdrom as installer medium and not the USB. It is important to boot with the USB attached to your Macbook Pro (if you don't do it like this, it may fail for mounting the device in /cdrom).

Proceed with the installation following the MacBook Install Section of Debian Wiki.

Can i install linux on old macbook mac os x#

Note that you can do this even in Mac OS X or other linux machine. For this, you'll need the same ISO that you used for burning the cdrom and execute (I did it with netinst image of Debian Testing): dd if=debian.iso of=/dev/disk1 Where /dev/disk1 correspond to your USB.

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However, it is possible to proceed using a usb driver in which you'll dump all the archives of the same iso image used for burning the cdrom for making the installation and "cheating" the debian installer by mounting the USB in /cdrom as follows: Note that the current Debian installer can not install, because it is not able to load the components from the cdrom (I was able to install Debian in Dualboot scheme). But you can use Iwamatsu's D-I.įirst of all, it is important that you read carefully the MacBook Install Section of Debian Wiki, so that you can prepare your Macbook Pro, and understand the terms needed for proceeding with the installation. (Obsolete with squeeze) Current installer can not install. If the kernel panics when you press return at the ISOLINUX prompt, enter "install noapic" at the ISOLINUX prompt (the kernel may panic while enabling the IO-APIC IRQs, bug 381719). IDebian Blog with some tips for getting LIRC or the Mighty Mouse running Odi's documentation of Gentoo on the MacBook Pro MacBook Pro specific bugs can be found at wiki page on the MacBook Pro

So I made up a new section for squeeze on MacBookPro7,1. But there are some configurations to be done: Bluetooth, Wireless, Synaptics, Suspend to RAM. Nothing has to be patched manually to work properly. The installation works out of the box for MacBookPro7,1. 23, 2010, For MacBookPro7,1 use the Kernel since version 2.6.35-rc3.

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(But this supports Linus/HEAD.) I backported this patch and made D-I. Because Linux kernel does not support MCP89 chipset Linux:Bug 15923. 20, 2010, Current D-I(Debian 5.0.5 and testing) can not install on MacBookPro7,1.

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On manual hard restart, mac firmware shows flashing question-mark folder. When machine tries to restart, screen fills partially with garbage and hangs. 10, 2010, Debian 5.0.4 on MacBookPro5,1: Default install runs error-free, but does not result in bootable installation. 4, 2010, Debian testing on MacBookPro5,1: Installer works, but you might have to use dd to blow away the gpt tables from the BOTH the beginning and the end of your disk first, if it was once formatted by os x.įeb.