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 1QwNu5-00055R-T5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:34:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC62621C0B8; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C05021C090 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkd1 with SMTP id 1so1916911bkd.40 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:33:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=jvGwncKzJA8dC5vDTztVmi3eAjiPbTULLTbpxB7k/MY=; b=A25is1b432COz90v+JzgcGkAzgIBdpMTVZM7hA9ce+oIQB9Y0Cr81ww/JvVTsfQaYt sAq0dMZTWMdCPCMgkn56VjFmo8USkBVfmlde1K4nP73XBgrrV/xayKxhM4GMXItsrAX2 47tXawhslC7QugEa5IVbtEYF+SaDlcKiKCq8k= 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 Received: by 10.204.133.18 with SMTP id d18mr2407102bkt.76.1314232409477; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:33:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.57.198 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:33:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4148690D-7003-47D2-A7DC-1E76CF0A0CEC@gameforce.ca> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:33:29 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb From: Valmor de Almeida To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 08e6799fd7ef8bd38656720186ed50ce On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Nick Gotsinas wrote: >> I'm going to state the obvious and say did you try to hold ALT during boot? >> > 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. I updated systemrescuecd to version 2.3.1 on a usb stick and rebooted holding the alt key. The only option I am given is the Macintosh HD. Thanks, -- Valmor > >> >> I also have Gentoo installed with Bootcamp and had no issues. Just make sure you partition with Guid > > Thanks, > > -- > Valmor >> >> On 2011-08-24, at 5:36 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. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Valmor >>> >> >> >> >