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Linux-only installation on a 2006 Macbook using rEFInd

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

While installing Linux on a blank hard-disc drive is trivial on most PCs, it turned out not to be on a 2006 Macbook Core duo. I gave up on the idea that Linux must be able to boot directly from … Continue reading →

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Boot Linux from a USB flash drive on a Macbook

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

In order to install Linux on the replacement of a crashed hard-disc drive in a 2006 Macbook Core duo, I wanted to boot Linux from a USB flash drive in order to then install it. While this is trivial on … Continue reading →

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Installing Gentoo Linux on an Apple MacBook

Posted on 1 November 2008 by AstroFloyd

This information was published on gentoo-wiki.com and written by many different authors. I copied the contents from Google cache after gentoo-wiki.com went down in the fall of 2008, in order to save the information, and put it back online almost … Continue reading →

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