Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook
Hold down the <alt> key when you turn the machine on. Hold it until the <bong> 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), frantal@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 the whole process ended.
>>
>> During the installation phase of Grub I only chose the hd that appeared in the window and did all the installer.
>>
>> I enclose photos of the subdivision that the installer did. I only chose to install Debian on a partition that I had left empty choosing partitions / and home Unfortunately Debian does not appear on reboot and neither does Grub, but Mac OS (Snow Leopard) starts immediately How can I solve this problem?
>>
>> If I reinstall using AMD64 instead, what can be the right suggestions to install Grub in the right place to reboot with it?
>
> You don't mention anything about how you boot. From my great
> experience of Macs (watching people use them in the last
> century), I'm guessing you might have to hold down some key
> while you boot. That's not just for dual-booting (certainly
> not, 30 years ago), but for doing various Mac-ish things,
> so it should be documented somewhere.
>
> Also there were threads here, in late August, about booting Macs.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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