> On Nov 24, 2021, at 11:11 AM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed 24 Nov 2021 at 14:59:09 (+0100), fran...@libero.it wrote: >> I installed Debian 11 (386) on a 2009 Macbook Pro 13 "(5.5). >> >> The installation did not give me any problems except it did not detect wifi >> card and touchpad, but I was connected with ethernet and used an external >> mouse, so the whole process ended. >> >> During the installation phase of Grub I only chose the hd that appeared in >> the window and did all the installer. >> >> I enclose photos of the subdivision that the installer did. I only chose to >> install Debian on a partition that I had left empty choosing partitions / >> and home Unfortunately Debian does not appear on reboot and neither does >> Grub, but Mac OS (Snow Leopard) starts immediately How can I solve this >> problem? >> >> If I reinstall using AMD64 instead, what can be the right suggestions to >> install Grub in the right place to reboot with it? > > You don't mention anything about how you boot. From my great > experience of Macs (watching people use them in the last > century), I'm guessing you might have to hold down some key > while you boot. That's not just for dual-booting (certainly > not, 30 years ago), but for doing various Mac-ish things, > so it should be documented somewhere. > > Also there were threads here, in late August, about booting Macs. > > Cheers, > David. >
I can’t see your photos, but I am currently dual-booting between Ubuntu 21.10 (64 bit) and MacOSX 10.7 on a MacBook 2,1 without troubles. Although you can usually hold down the option key during initial boot-up to bring up the Mac’s BIOS boot selector, and then select either the MacOSX 10.7 partition or the GRUB/linux partition, to make things simpler, most walkthroughs recommend installing rEFInd <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html>> which gives you a nice graphical menu of your available bootable systems to choose from. There are various walkthrus available, and all of them seem to recommend rEFInd as well — not doubt I followed one of these several years ago https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/ <https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/> https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-os-4125733 <https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-os-4125733> https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-dual-boot-ubuntu-mac/ <https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-dual-boot-ubuntu-mac/> HTH, K
