Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-28 Thread frantal
Ok, since this is how it works I keep it that way. I thank everyone for the tips and advice. Francesco

Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-27 Thread Ken Cunningham
Well if MacOSX is no longer booting immediately, then it appears installing rEFInd solved your initial problem, so that is good. rEFInd is quite configurable via refind.conf, but you may find it is simpler to just ignore the Windows icon rather than try to force it not to appear. The hairy details

Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-27 Thread frantal
Hello, thanks for the help and suggestions: I don't need to press alt (option) to view the operating systems because I have rEFInd installed. However, 2 Debian icons appear, one OS X, and one Windows. If I click on the latter, a white writing on a black background appears with: MBR 12: and a flas

Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-25 Thread Rick Thomas
Hold down the key when you turn the machine on. Hold it until the finishes. You should see a menu of possible boot disks. Pick one that has a penguin on it. Hope that helps! Rick On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, at 11:11 AM, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Nov 2021 at 14:59:09 (+0100), fran...@libero

Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-24 Thread Ken Cunningham
> On Nov 24, 2021, at 11:11 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 24 Nov 2021 at 14:59:09 (+0100), fran...@libero.it wrote: >> I installed Debian 11 (386) on a 2009 Macbook Pro 13 "(5.5). >> >> The installation did not give me any problems except it did not detect wifi >> card and touchpad, but

Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Nov 2021 at 14:59:09 (+0100), fran...@libero.it wrote: > I installed Debian 11 (386) on a 2009 Macbook Pro 13 "(5.5). > > The installation did not give me any problems except it did not detect wifi > card and touchpad, but I was connected with ethernet and used an external > mouse, so

Debian 11 on old Macbook

2021-11-24 Thread frantal
Hello, I installed Debian 11 (386) on a 2009 Macbook Pro 13 "(5.5). The installation did not give me any problems except it did not detect wifi card and touchpad, but I was connected with ethernet and used an external mouse, so the whole process ended. During the installation phase of Grub I o