#Install mac recovery on a cd for a system that wont boot mac os x#
The other Mac must run Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later (PowerPC or Intel doesn't matter), since otherwise it will not be able to "see" the disk in the MacBook. Maybe borrow another Mac from somebody if you don't have two. (You also need this backup of Mac OS X to extract the firmware for your iSight webcam after the install.) And you will need a disk to backup your Mac OS X install. If the other Mac has FireWire 800, you will need a FireWire 400 to 800 cable. You will need another Mac with FireWire and a FireWire 400 cable. I had the same problem with the optical drive in my MacBook from late 2006 after pouring milk into it late one night and did get a working install this way. This is a method to install Ubuntu on your MacBook using FireWire Disk mode. I don't really have any concept of what either of those are. I have seen the "networking" and "bittorrent" installation guides on the Ubuntu website, but I have no idea where to even start there. Is there any possible way to install Ubuntu on my Macbook without buying an external optical drive? Note that external hard drives are not well-supported by Apple's firmware for legacy OS booting.Īnd then I have to shutdown and restart with the start button because the keyboard refuses to work.
The firmware refused to boot from the selected volume. But when I click on the penguin to run Ubuntu it states this: Starting Legacy LoaderĮrror: Not Found returned from legacy loaderĮrror: Load Error while (re)opening our installation volume.
The screen comes up at boot with the penguin and Mac symbols, and other EFI things. But when I try to boot with EFI (refind) with the USB, or on the new drive I partitioned and sudo dd'd, it fails. I have tried all kinds of "how-to" guides online that include sudo dd, partitioning drives, EFI, etc. My Macbook has functional USB drives, but the optical drive is bad. I have been trying for 14+ hours to install Ubuntu linux on my late 2006 Macbook.
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