5 ms·

Can't boot from a USB nor from the Debian installer cd (using USB CDROM drive)

• puppetmaster3 13y ago
  you have to use 64 bit and know a bit about uefi. (or give up and do lubuntu)
  • voltagex_ 13y ago
    Are Macs different enough that the amd64 Debian installer won't boot on it?
    • deleted 13y ago
      [deleted]
    • toast0 13y ago
      Not sure about the airs, but on the 2011 macbook pro, you could boot a lot of things from cd, but not from USB. Apple doesn't have a very good pre-boot environment if you're not running Apple software. (No PXE, either, just their proprietary netboot)
• sydney6 13y ago
  UEFI Fuck-Up. Or, try waiting 30-60 seconds until the Legacy-BIOS-Mode kicks in..
• voltagex_ 13y ago
  I remember when I was messing around a few years ago I had to use a bootloader called refit, which is now forked to refind at http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ It's been too long since I used a Mac, but if someone wants to donate a recent Macbook to me I'm happy to get Debian set up and blog about it ;)
• tonyg 13y ago
  Make sure you're using the amd64 image, not the i386 one. Either the netinst or regular CD1 should work fine from a USB stick, if it's amd64. I tried both i386 and amd64 about a week ago on my 2011 Macbook Air, and only the amd64 image booted successfully. You shouldn't need rEFIt.
  • deleted 13y ago
    [deleted]