Hi, Either I'm not understanding you, your typing different info than you're doing, or your not quite understanding what I'm recommending that you do. Disk Utility will not assist you with the boot-ability of your CD. Your absolute best method is to go into the System Preferences, press on Startup Disks and see if the CD that you hope to boot from is listed there. If it is, VO-space on it then navigate over to the Restart button. If it's not there, then your CD is not bootable by your Mac. Holding down the Option key at startup will only give you the list of possible Startup Disks that this pane gives you while in System Preferences, with the added issue that it is not accessible. For the most part, the Option key method is only useful to you once you know that something is bootable. There are a number of reasons why it may not boot with your Mac including disk format, external vs internal device etc. Here's an article on creating a bootable USB drive that may assist you in this endeavour.
http://www.techusers.net/6/how-create-linux-bootable-usb-drive-mac-osx-using-dd-command HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Daniel Hawkins <computersassocia...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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