On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Valmor de Almeida > <val.gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Stroller >> <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: >> [snip] >>> >>> You're fundamentally right, although I would go for "install linux Mac" >>> myself. The results may refer to installing other distros, such as Ubuntu, >>> but it's surely just a matter of adapting the instructions to get >>> partitions and a systemrescueCD root prompt. > > Just for the record. I tried an old Gentoo Minimal CD I had sitting > around (2009) and was able to boot the Mac from the CD. It seems this > particular Mac (OS maybe) is preventing any boot from the USB port. > > I will burn a systemrescueCD and try that.
A CD worked. Booted into the rescue64 kernel. Now I am cloning the Mac HD for future firmware updates if needed. Assuming that in the future I will be able to boot from the external USB drive that has the Mac OS in it. -- Valmor > > -- > Valmor > >> > [snip] >>> >>> >>> >> >
