[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-25 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Valmor de Almeida > wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller >> wrote: >> [snip] >>> >>> You're fundamentally right, although I would go for "install linux Mac" >>> myself. The results may

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-25 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller > wrote: > [snip] >> >> You're fundamentally right, although I would go for "install linux Mac" >> myself. The results may refer to installing other distros, such as Ubuntu, >> but it's surely

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-25 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller wrote: [snip] > > You're fundamentally right, although I would go for "install linux Mac" > myself. The results may refer to installing other distros, such as Ubuntu, > but it's surely just a matter of adapting the instructions to get partitions > and a

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 August 2011, at 23:33, Paul Hartman wrote: > ... > I have never used a MacBook, and haven't used any Mac since they had > black & white screens, but I believe the problem is that its firmware > uses EFI for booting, and not the usual BIOS/MBR boot like a normal PC > would use. and your syste

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-24 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Nick Gotsinas wrote: >> I'm going to state the obvious and say did you try to hold ALT during boot? >> > Yes. > >> I made a systermrescue on USB stick and it works just fine on my MacBook. > > Maybe my sy

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-24 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Nick Gotsinas wrote: > I'm going to state the obvious and say did you try to hold ALT during boot? > Yes. > I made a systermrescue on USB stick and it works just fine on my MacBook. Maybe my systemrescue is old. Will update and try. > > I also have Gentoo instal

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-24 Thread Nick Gotsinas
I'm going to state the obvious and say did you try to hold ALT during boot? I made a systermrescue on USB stick and it works just fine on my MacBook. I also have Gentoo installed with Bootcamp and had no issues. Just make sure you partition with Guid On 2011-08-24, at 5:36 PM, Valmor de Almeid

Re: [gentoo-user] macbook pro boot from usb

2011-08-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to experiment with Gentoo on a Mac but I don't seem to > get past step 0, namely, booting from a gentoo usb stick > (systemrescuecd). The Mac does not recognize the usb stick. I don't > know much about Macs and sea