Re: Booting Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on MacBookPro 8.2

[Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com>]

On 09/21/2014 09:05 PM, Andrew Winnenberg wrote:
> 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

That was one of the first things I did try.  There might be some problem 
related to EFI or UEFI and it needing a special /boot partition.  But 
that is a new area for me.

Regards,
/Lars