Cannot install Ubuntu on a MacBook

[Seth]

After you boot to the CD and select your language, you have to press F6 and
turn off ACPI.
Apple Computer, It just works



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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Thomas Hasseier <thomas.hasseier at mac.com>wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> maybe there is someone who can give a hint to a newbie.
>
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu or Kubuntu on a MacBook (Model 5,2 - Intel
> Core 2 Duo, 2,13 Ghz) and I fail.
>
> I have loaded down the CD image and burned it on a CD. I've chosen the
> 64-bit version. When I start the MacBook from CD I get the starting screen,
> asking me to choose a language. I set the language to german and whatever
> option I choose afterwards e.g. "start from disk to leave the computer
> unchanged" or "install ubuntu" the cd-drive runs for about a minute, then it
> slows down and a little later it stops completely ... nothing happens
> anymore.
>
> To make things worse, I regularly have trouble to restart the MacBook under
> OSX after trying to start or install Ubuntu.
>
> MacOS recognizes the CD as a "Windows CD" in the systems setting "Start
> Volume"
>
> Any idea what I could do to get Ubuntu installed on this MacBook ?
>
> Greetings from Berlin/Germany
> Thomas
>
>
>
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