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

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

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller
<stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
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> 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.

I have the most recent version of systemrescueCD on a usb stick and it
is not recognized at boot time (holding option key down). Will try to
get a Ubuntu CD. It seems to work on my particular macbook pro (6,2)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro

Thanks for the inputs.

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Valmor

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> I think there are alternative methods, besides Boot Camp, to get multi-boot. Boot Camp sets up a second partition, but I don't believe it can do a third. I believe it's possible to get triple-boot (for example) on a Mac, but you're obliged not to use Boot Camp in this case.
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