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 <gentoo-user+bounces-127376-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>)
id 1Qwe5f-000367-Cz
for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:51:45 +0000
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF54E21C166;
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:51:30 +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 A95ED21C044
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:50:05 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by bkd1 with SMTP id 1so2786309bkd.40
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:50:04 -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:content-transfer-encoding;
bh=bminhuBy3+J6YRBVo0GCs3RLl+Mjg8OkR5TBQazch7M=;
b=K4BKnAjW/pt1Uzv5cwKKLKvulvZBkdcBaseR0A//dDySLbGDuli09UC1zM8Y/vGjWy
v7rH8FaVTtz3KgT8ZJOFD8fSAQQhYmu8DcEl7/hYHfhpBlTjldqfY+98vsmD0oMytFx4
9ECjh7jEbFUW4gGwgx19Q81AxR0xZuVoQMRxg=
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.204.138.78 with SMTP id z14mr20478bkt.232.1314294604630; Thu,
25 Aug 2011 10:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.204.57.198 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CAMpmEiFbNKHjyvS-Wyn47fazbZB0QnCgoMvKWCfq77ut67w1Aw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMpmEiFHH6cRv1GhOHSonc67hKvPnthLLZWtyWCJLV9SptiShA@mail.gmail.com>
<CAEH5T2PbLmDAVgjYHV+f+FY3VT-2pF5Lp8H26VisieZBF5Oemg@mail.gmail.com>
<80B24E06-82C1-4421-A3D4-D5553C3154F5@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
<CAMpmEiFf6GMJOprH3Ts_wb-CKV=i4efb6UkJKRPHPROUJ-TMuQ@mail.gmail.com>
<CAMpmEiFbNKHjyvS-Wyn47fazbZB0QnCgoMvKWCfq77ut67w1Aw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:50:04 -0400
Message-ID: <CAMpmEiFCMQ_qOJuZ3oQn+xYHNPKgXnaJD+=zLSsO076Gb=OweQ@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb
From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Archives-Salt:
X-Archives-Hash: 6c986d3cd6ea60bafc7845b764b75947
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Valmor de Almeida
<val.gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Valmor de Almeida
> <val.gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller
>> <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> You're fundamentally right, although I would go for "install linux Mac"=
myself. The results may refer to installing other distros, such as Ubuntu,=
but it's surely just a matter of adapting the instructions to get partitio=
ns and a systemrescueCD root prompt.
>
> Just for the record. I tried an old Gentoo Minimal CD I had sitting
> around (2009) and was able to boot the Mac from the CD. It seems this
> particular Mac (OS maybe) is preventing any boot from the USB port.
>
> I will burn a systemrescueCD and try that.
A CD worked. Booted into the rescue64 kernel. Now I am cloning the Mac
HD for future firmware updates if needed. Assuming that in the future
I will be able to boot from the external USB drive that has the Mac OS
in it.
--
Valmor
>
> --
> Valmor
>
>>
> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>