This has been reported in debian's wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook
section install debian: "If you cannot type anything in the CD/DVD boot prompt (found this problem on MacBook Core 2 Duo), you can fix this with an external USB keyboard or by booting into OS X and restarting while holding the C button pressed (boots directly from CD)." -- CD boot loader doesn't detect macbook's keyboard https://launchpad.net/bugs/79172 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
