From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QwM2S-0002Ee-81 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:35:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC85F21C047; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:34:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A8921C2EA for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:33:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws13 with SMTP id 13so1800777vws.40 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:33:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=not2oJDjemGXbwnse0GMzzpoTEfZisiAc/yKqkiw0mE=; b=KmeNa9PIaZpbMuIXZlAbOlpNE/y+6vfkoEFLFPfAy3eFM01tXNC8SQlDh/VktRuCEE rexKPze8y7odEOSBy5JpCaBsGbToYdjLCcUNzA0WD3ZdP8OpW/GMmlXzOqc5Dv2CKqhq 2/HB4FoWBznPDlUiXsItLGgixYhOfNqT+fLWA= Received: by 10.52.69.14 with SMTP id a14mr2632065vdu.410.1314225225708; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:33:45 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.160.1 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:33:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Paul Hartman Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:33:25 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lt0eil3IOq9Rws4YbetMDfrsDtQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0f5aaa01ca9bcecc69cf9bb88de3d491 On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to experiment with Gentoo on a Mac but I don't seem to > get past step 0, namely, booting from a gentoo usb stick > (systemrescuecd). The Mac does not recognize the usb stick. I don't > know much about Macs and searching the web has not been fruitful. In > other computers without a Mac bios, it is a matter of changing the > boot device order to the usb port. I don't know if such a thing exists > in a Mac. If you have a gentoo mac I would appreciate inputs. I have never used a MacBook, and haven't used any Mac since they had black & white screens, but I believe the problem is that its firmware uses EFI for booting, and not the usual BIOS/MBR boot like a normal PC would use. and your system rescue CD probably doesn't have the necessary files. If you google "macbook efi linux usb boot" or something, maybe there will be more specific info about how to solve it. There are some tools that may help, for example take a look at: http://refit.sourceforge.net/ I seem to recall reading that booting from USB flash drive/external hdd is not normally supported on a Mac, but it may be possible to make it work. good luck :)