On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Linux Lingam<[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/22/09, Sameep Kaul <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Linux Lingam" <[email protected]> >> To: "Ubuntu India Local Community" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:05:46 AM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata, >> Mumbai, New Delhi >> Subject: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1 >> >> dear all, >> >> hope someone on this list has a solution for this: >> >> bought a new 4GB thumbdrive, downloaded and installed Ubuntu Netbook >> Remix (UNR) based on 9.04, for generic i386. >> i already have ubuntu 9.04 installed in a partition on my macbookg pro >> 5,1, and use GRUB under rEFIt since more than a month. >> >> how do i get the macbookpro to sense and boot from the thumbdrive into UNR? >> have also posted this query on the forums several days ago, with no >> response: >> https://answers.launchpad.net/netbook-remix/+question/65090 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The regular way of doing this is to press the option key and press the power >> button on your macbook. keep the option key pressed till you get a boot >> device choice. >> >> I'm not sure if GRUB has changed that. >> > > thanks sameep for your prompt response. Have already tried this > age-old mac-technique. It shows me two volumes 'mac' and 'windows' > even though there is only ubuntu on the hard-disk and UNR on the > thumbdrive. On selecting 'windows' i only get the grub again, > installed as it were on the hd. The thumbdrive is not sensed. What > gives? >> >> Regards, >> >> Sameep >> [tuxwire.com] >> Um,I don't know anything about Macs or Macbooks,but my desktop (Intel based) box identifies my USB pendrive as an additional hard disk rather than removable media in the BIOS.Maybe you have a similar case.
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