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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb
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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 partition=
s 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

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