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Troubling selecting boot-up disk
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<blockquote data-quote="parasbuy" data-source="post: 1623428" data-attributes="member: 189066"><p>Hi Folks... I have an old 2006 MacBook A1185 that I am trying to re-purpose b/c Apple no longer supports Snow Leopard and won't allow installation of a newer OS onto this hardware. So I am trying to install Linux from a DVD.</p><p></p><p>However, inserting the DVD, turning on, and holding down Alt doesn't bring up anything... the computer goes straight to the hard drive which is blank and so just gives a big flashing "?". Pressing 'C' or 'D' doesn't work either. Tried installing onto a USB stick via conversion to .dmg, but still same problem and no option to choose another boot target is presented.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts / directions? How do I get the MacBook to boot from the DVD drive?</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p><p>Paras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="parasbuy, post: 1623428, member: 189066"] Hi Folks... I have an old 2006 MacBook A1185 that I am trying to re-purpose b/c Apple no longer supports Snow Leopard and won't allow installation of a newer OS onto this hardware. So I am trying to install Linux from a DVD. However, inserting the DVD, turning on, and holding down Alt doesn't bring up anything... the computer goes straight to the hard drive which is blank and so just gives a big flashing "?". Pressing 'C' or 'D' doesn't work either. Tried installing onto a USB stick via conversion to .dmg, but still same problem and no option to choose another boot target is presented. Any thoughts / directions? How do I get the MacBook to boot from the DVD drive? Thank you. Paras. [/QUOTE]
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