Cannot install Ubuntu on a MacBook

[Jozsef]

On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 10:45 -0700, Seth wrote:
> 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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> Everything I earn, I spend." 
> 
> 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
> 

Also, try to burn the ISO image on DVD instead of CD.

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