holding down the C key used to boot from the CD. I don't think this has been disabled.
Best wishes, Jonathan On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:38 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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