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Re: Booting Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on MacBookPro 8.2



On Sunday, September 21, 2014 05:43:40 AM Lars Noodén wrote:
> I've installed Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.6 (wheezy) from a mini.iso CD 
image
> on a MacBookPro 8.2.  The installation seemed to go smoothly, including
> installing Grub, but when it is time to boot, the machine only ever
> shows a blinking folder with a question mark, indicating no system.  The
> system can be booted from the installation CD via the choice to boot
> from first hard disk, so that part of the installation worked.
> 
> What additional step is needed so that the system boots on its own from
> the internal drive without intervention from the installation CD?
> 
> Regards,
> /Lars

It sounds like the install went okay, but the mac is unsure what device to 
boot from. Try holding down the left 'option' key during boot and see if you 
can select your hard disk from the list that appears.

Andrew

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