Hello, I completely understand you. Under the Startup menu I don't see the bootable cd, but yet that cd does work on a Windows PC, so I know the cd is bootable. I have seen the guide how to make a bootable flashdrive, but I am not sure the program that you are to use on the Mac is accessable, and it involves command line use. That is over my head lol.
But now, when I try to boot from the cd, by pressing C, there issomething on the screen if I turn off the lights, but nothing happens. Vinux should start talking when it starts up, so now I think the bootable cd is now working, I just need to find a sighted person. 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 22, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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