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

[Valmor de Almeida]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Valmor de Almeida
<val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Valmor de Almeida
> <val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller
>> <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.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.
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> 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.
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> 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.

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Valmor

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