[Gllug] Installing Linux on a Mac Mini - boot sequence

[Peter Corlett]

On 6 Sep 2009, at 11:20, Richard Jones wrote:
[...]
> ("Holding Option key on boot" to get the graphical chooser doesn't
> work, although as I mentioned earlier the "Option key" is non-existent
> on any recent Mac -- I do wish the documentation would stop referring
> to non-existent keys).

Works just fine for me on this MacBook Pro. "Option" refers to the key  
now marked "Alt". I presume it was renamed because there are more  
users who are familiar with PCs than with pre-OSX Macs.

If it's not working, check that you're actually pressing Alt, and not  
that you're pressing the Windows/Apple key because you've swapped them  
in software - and maybe also the keycaps - to suit other machines you  
use. I've been caught out by that before. Other things to watch out  
for are dodgy USB-PS/2 dongles or keyboards that lose the initial key  
press, so try tapping the key a few times before holding it down.

TTBOMK, while PPC Macs allow you to drop into the Open Firmware  
command line, the Intel Macs do not have a command line present in the  
EFI firmware.


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