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From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:21:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMpmEiFbNKHjyvS-Wyn47fazbZB0QnCgoMvKWCfq77ut67w1Aw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMpmEiFf6GMJOprH3Ts_wb-CKV=i4efb6UkJKRPHPROUJ-TMuQ@mail.gmail.com>

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 partitions 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.

--
Valmor

>
[snip]
>>
>>
>>
>



  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-25 16:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-24 21:36 [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb Valmor de Almeida
2011-08-24 22:33 ` Paul Hartman
2011-08-25  6:27   ` Stroller
2011-08-25 15:06     ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-08-25 16:21       ` Valmor de Almeida [this message]
2011-08-25 17:50         ` [SOLVED] " Valmor de Almeida
2011-08-24 22:56 ` Nick Gotsinas
2011-08-24 23:39   ` Valmor de Almeida
2011-08-25  0:33     ` Valmor de Almeida

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