[ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

[Sameep Kaul]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linux Lingam" <linuxlingam at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu India Local Community" <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
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.


Regards,

Sameep
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