Ok, the Vinux cd is bootable. I can do this on a different computer that have CD drive first to boot before the Harddrive. Also in Disk Utility there is nothing about a disk other than the Mactintosh HD and Bootcamp.
So, I am stumped here, I was thinking about holding the Options key at startup, but I have Bootcamp with Windows 7 already installed. I know there are three options to choose from other than the Super drive. The thing is which option is the CD drive? Have anyone else successfuly booted a Linux cd on a Macbook Pro? Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4 iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7, Turbo to 3.3Ghz 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit NVDA installed Phonak Compilot On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Terje Strømberg <terjestrmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you get a black screen, your disk is not bootable. Hold down your option > after hearing the start up chime and hold it for a minute to be sure. Press > the left arrow one time if you dont have more bootable disks. In OSX the boot > drive should be formated as journal extended or something if you want ot do a > clean install. > > Take care > > 21. feb. 2014 kl. 22:47 skrev Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > When you go into System Prefs, in the Startup Disks pane, with your bootable > CD in the drive, do you see it as a startup option? Seeing it in Disk > Utility only tells you that the disk is there, not if it is bootable on a Mac. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 21, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Daniel Hawkins <computersassocia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Ok, I tried the Disk Utility and I can see the Mac HD drive and Bootcamp, >> but not the bootable cd. So I tried the cd on another Windows PC and it >> worked. So I went back to my Mac, and tried holding C when I restart. >> Something happens but the screen is dark, I think since I don't see light. I >> acually let my Mac sit for 15min, just give it time to load. But nothing >> happens. So I tried thehard shutdown and restart holding C, still the same >> thing. SI can hear the DVD drive spool up and spin for a min then it dies >> down. >> >> Do you guys know of another option? I hear that you can hold the Options key >> at startup, but I don't know how many times you press the right arrow. >> >> Any info on this would be very much appreciated. Thanks! >> Daniel Hawkins >> - Posted from my Macbook Pro >> >> iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4 >> iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb >> iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player >> 2012 15in. Macbook Pro >> 2.3 Quad-core i7, Turbo to 3.3Ghz >> 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 >> 500GB HDD >> >> Dual Boot: >> Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit >> NVDA installed >> >> Phonak Compilot >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 19, 2014, at 7:04 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Best thing to do is to have the CD/DVD loaded into your drive then go under >>> the Apple menu to System Preferences and open the Startup Disk pane. Once >>> in there, Interact with the Possible Startup Disks Scroll area and choose >>> your bootable CD/DVD by pressing VO-space on it. Stop Interacting with the >>> Scroll area then press the Restart button in this pane. If the bootable >>> CD/DVD does not show up in the Startup Disk pane, then it's not bootable. >>> Also, if you know for sure that it is bootable, you can press "c" as the >>> startup chime sounds which will force the Mac to startup from a bootable >>> CD/DVD. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Daniel Hawkins <computersassocia...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone! >>>> >>>> >>>> I have been reading up on Linux accessabilty and want to give Vinux a shot >>>> by running off a bootable CD. So far I figured how to burn an ISO file to >>>> a cd, so I hope it is good. But my question is, is the Macbook Pro set by >>>> default to first boot from the Optical drive before the HDD? If not, is it >>>> accessable to change that? >>>> >>>> Any info on this would be very very helpful, thanks! >>>> Daniel Hawkins >>>> - Posted from my Macbook Pro >>>> >>>> iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4 >>>> iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb >>>> iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player >>>> 2012 15in. 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