Hi to all, i´m new here...

I´m trying to get Mint Mate or Ubuntu running alongside Mac OS (10.6.8) and it´s not working.

I´ve used different ways of creating a LiveUSB or a DVD from the iso files (with Disk Utility, with unetbootin,
via the terminal (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/deskt...ick-on-mac-osx)). Also checked the md5sums...

The problem is that if i use the DVD for the boot all i see on my screen is:

"1.

2.

Select CD-ROM Boot Type: _"

and i can´t do anything....

If i use the LiveUSB i get:

"Starting legacy loader
Using load options ´USB`
Error: Not Found returned from legacy loader
10x Error: Not Found from LocateDevicePath
Error: Load Error while (re)opening our Installation volume"

And then the message: "The firmware refused to boot from the selected volume.
Note that external hard drives are not well supported by Apple´s firmware for
legacy OS booting."

I have a 2006 Macbook 2,1. Core 2 duo, 2x1GB RAM, Crucial MX 100 SSD (256GB)

If anyone has an idea how to solve this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thx, benjamin

Hi:

Welcome to Linux Questions!-

Go into your BIOS on your Mac (press the F2 key a few times while it's booting up) and change the 'Boot Priority Order' and make the first choice in the Menu 'CD/DVD' or 'CDROM'
Before you Save and Exit your Bios open the drive and place the Live Linux CD in the drive and shut down your Mac.

Restart your Mac and it should start booting up the Linux CD.

What Mac exact make and model# do you have so I can look up the specifications?

These links look helpful. Take a look when you have time.
http://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how-...inux-on-a-mac/
http://www.maclife.com/article/howto...linux_your_mac

Hi and thanks for the answer.

If i press f2 while booting i only get the option to boot with refind (which i installed previously like in the description in one of your posted links...). Refind is showing me the option of booting mac osx or with the cd or the usb depending on which i put in. The error-messages that i posted above come up when i choose one or the other.

Which specs of the macbook do you need?

Modellname: MacBook
Modell-Identifizierung: MacBook2,1
Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 2 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1
Gesamtzahl der Kerne: 2
L2-Cache: 4 MB
Speicher: 2 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit: 667 MHz
Boot-ROM-Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC-Version (System): 1.13f3

Thanks again, benjamin

Just what I needed to know too! Thanks

I'll have to find the specifications in PDF form if available online to find out if there is another way to get into the BIOS.
Your Mac is a MacBook not a MacBook Pro, right? (Making sure)

What osx did your Mac come with?
Snow leopard?

I'll talk to others and see if they have experience with Mac PC's and get information for you and try to help you the best I can.

✴I could be wrong but I think there might be something that is preventing the CD from booting properly.✴

Thanks a lot. It´s a standard MacBook. Came with Tiger but has Snow Leopard now.

Is one of these your Mac?

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...-13-specs.html
http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...007-specs.html

You can try this but I'm not sure if it will work.
I found this thread in the Apple Support Communities Forum.

Turn off your computer and turn it on while holding the Option (Alt) key until you see all bootable volumes in the screen. Than choose Ubuntu with CD option.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5072501

I'm finding out that a lot of people are having this same problem that your experiencing. I'm searching for a thread that's solved.

These options in this tutorial to fix your Mac is a place to start.
-:-Hope you have the Mac OS X Install disc.-:-
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176

Installing Ubuntu on a MacBook:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

Install Ubuntu on a MacBook via usb:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ho...%20USB%20Stick

Pressing F4 may work:-
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1934136

Hope that helps benjamin35-

Thanks for your help Ztcoracat,

tried it all.... ....still doesn´t boot the cd or the stick properly. Guess this macbook just doesn´t want linux on it...

Your Welcome:-

That's a shame; I know your Mac was most likely expensive.

Since it doesn't want to boot the Mac OSX install disc that sounds to me like a performance or hardware issue.
It could be the processor is on it's way, the mobo could be done or the fan could be backed up with heavy dust and the heat sink could be dirty. There are so many things that it could be that it's hard to say.

Hardware problems are not my specialty but I can tell you that running 'Memtest' overnight will confirm if the RAM is bad.
http://www.memtest.org/

Are you suspicious that it could be a hardware problem?

You could call Apple and find out the fee to diagnose your laptop and once they know what's wrong (if hardware is on it's way out) they could repair it. It will most likely be a bigger expense to go through Apple.
https://www.apple.com/support/contact/

Taking your Mac to your local computer repair shop might be less of an expense.
Check their credentials tho. If they don't have a history of repairing Mac computers I wouldn't be so quick to leave your Mac with them. (That's just me)

I had hoped that your Mac would of read the OSX install disc and fix the problem.

Maybe another member with a Mac will chime in and offer you counsel.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

In a last effort to assist you I consulted with a few members here that have both seniority and more experience than I do in regard to your Mac. If I learn of anything that would improve your circumstances you will be the first to know.-

Is the Mac install disk scratched?

What version are you using to boot to. The 64-bit Ubuntu & Debian will boot in EFI mode. So you don't have to use legacy bios or refind.

Sorry, i think i wasn´t really clear... the macbook does boot the mac os cd. That´s not the problem. And a disk-check in the disk utility shows no problems. the macbook itself works fine when i´m in os x. but when i try to boot ubuntu (or mint...) from a cd or stick it won´t boot properly and it shows the errors that i quoted above. i even used the same ubuntu-cd on a windows laptop (sony vaio) and it works fine (i can use ubuntu from the cd or install it...) but on the macbook i don´t even get to that point... to me - as an amateur when it comes to computers - it seems like the macbook "refuses" to run the cd once it recognizes that it´s not os x...

It could be something proprietary that is preventing the Linux CD from working properly.
Apple may have designed it that way intentionally.

You could try running it in EFI mode like EDDY1 mentioned and see if that works.

Aside from that this was the only tutorial that I found that might (notice I said might) work.
http://www.maclife.com/article/howto...linux_your_mac

Try this:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1643

I think holding down the Alt key is what you need.