Soündless Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 i have seen that allot of people are running ubuntu on thier macbook pros. i want to do the same, but, how the hell do you boot onto the live cd to install? i never seem to have my questions answered on why is says "no bootable device" when i put it in. ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Freak Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Put the CD in your drive, restart the computer while holding down C, you should see the Ubuntu CD there. I don't own a Mac, but try it. By the way, I think the install CD and Live CD are one together, just click on the Install icon to install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Put the CD in your drive, restart the computer while holding down C, you should see the Ubuntu CD there. I don't own a Mac, but try it.By the way, I think the install CD and Live CD are one together, just click on the Install icon to install What he said. I've never done it on a actual mac but in windows it's dead simple. Let it load (in mac press 'c' to auto load) and select Installation when you get the menu option. Then there should be an icon on the desktop. Double click that and follow it. Although I woudn't think there's much of a chance corruption your system by just loading Ubuntu but I would say if you are going to fiddle with the partitions then maybe backup your important data. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 yeah, thats windows. i think it has something to do with efi. wen i put the disk in, the screen goes black, and has a message that says "no bootable device found, insert a boot volume and press any key" it will do that after i take the linux dvd out, i have to repair my permissins off of my install dvd so i can boot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 which ubuntu you got? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 newest one for x86 architecture, core 2 duo is x86. i also tried the ppc one too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 you mean "ubuntu-6-2.10-desktop-i386.iso.download", cause i got dat one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Do you have the latest firmware updates? It should be dead simple, you could even use BootCamp to make your partition if you need to. Maybe try holding "alt" on startup and choosing the cd from there. I just installed Ubuntu on my mini on Friday for the first time and didn't have any trouble. Not sure if I like it more than Vista though (like the customization, but I still haven't gotten the hang of installing new apps). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 rollcage, intel mac-mini or ppc mac-mini? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) intel, core duo 1.66 ghz Edited February 19, 2007 by rollcage Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Make sure you are using the Edgy live cd. I run debian only on my macbook and its great. You can try an amd64 one if you want, it might work. and yeah the ppc one will not work AT all heres a link to one that should work http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu-iso/edgy...esktop-i386.iso Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I'm pretty sure the AMD one won't work since its an intel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 no, amd64 will work on a core 2 duo since its 64 bit, the amd64 includes em64t, go look at any distro, you wont find a intel 64 bit only build. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 okay, downloading now..... 2 hours Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 hmm, i can boot off the dvd, but it wont let me install on my partition for ubuntu, it says it is locked Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 what did you format it as? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 how many partitions do you have? The easiest way to do it is resize your mac os x in os x partition to create free space, then select use the largest continuous free space when installing ubuntu. But do not install yet, if you get that far, post here since if you just install without syncing the gpt and mbr you will screw your partition table. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-306878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 i have my partitions on an external hard drive. 3, one for leopard, one for ubuntu, and one for other stuff. my disk util is broken, i get diskutil_error.tiffe evry time i try to erase. so i should erase and format as free space? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Are you using 10.4.8/9, try reinstalling the update if you can or just disk utility. Yes the easiest method is to format as free space. This guide will help you, (the installation applies to both MBP and MB, although post installation may very). https://help.ubuntu.org/community/MacBook Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 4.8, it came with macbook pro, so i'll try downloading it off apple Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 damn youre fast at responding Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 i have no life... okay, once i finish my homework, i will boot onto my install dvd, and configure as free space Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 always math corrections, i use my compy to listen to music Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 no luck. i did something to the usb drive so that it could install, but it only would install grub to my primary.i went ahead anyway, and it had an error, crashed and now i am back were i started Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42855-ubuntu-macbook-pro/#findComment-307155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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