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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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