Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

[Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Nick Gotsinas <darf@gameforce.ca> wrote:
> I'm going to state the obvious and say did you try to hold ALT during boot?
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Yes.

> I made a systermrescue on USB stick and it works just fine on my MacBook.

Maybe my systemrescue is old. Will update and try.

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> I also have Gentoo installed with Bootcamp and had no issues. Just make sure you partition with Guid

Thanks,

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Valmor
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> On 2011-08-24, at 5:36 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> Valmor
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