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  Debian 11 on old Macbook frantal@libero.it - 2021-11-24 15:10 +0100
    Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-24 20:20 +0100
      Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse@gmail.com> - 2021-11-24 20:40 +0100
      Re: Debian 11 on old Macbook "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2021-11-26 07:30 +0100

#242367 — Debian 11 on old Macbook

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Hello,

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?

Thanks and regards

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#242378

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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#242379

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> On Nov 24, 2021, at 11:11 AM, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> 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.
> 


I can’t see your photos, but I am currently dual-booting between Ubuntu 21.10 (64 bit) and MacOSX 10.7 on a MacBook 2,1 without troubles.

Although you can usually hold down the option key during initial boot-up to bring up the Mac’s BIOS boot selector, and then select either the MacOSX 10.7 partition or the GRUB/linux partition, to make things simpler, most walkthroughs recommend installing rEFInd <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html>> which gives you a nice graphical menu of your available bootable systems to choose from. 


There are various walkthrus available, and all of them seem to recommend rEFInd as well — not doubt I followed one of these several years ago

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/ <https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/>

https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-os-4125733 <https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-os-4125733>

https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-dual-boot-ubuntu-mac/ <https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-dual-boot-ubuntu-mac/>

HTH,

K

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#242407

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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