So, for now, extlinux is the middleman as macpup runs the 3.2 kernel which does not have direct efi support at all. So I installed macpup 550 on usb but it did not like the syslinux, so I replaced with extlinux and voila!! (the installers from macpup gave some handy options) I could not get this mac to recognize an optical disk so that was out. I could get both to boot from a usb install via refind but not past 'loading kernel modules.' I could not get precise light or upupbb to boot at all directly from the kernel even though the 3.3+ kernel is meant to have that support. I first did manual installs of prcise light and upupbb32. Installing refind was a breeze but the rest was, not. Until now I had only had luck with tinycore.

both because it is easy to assume that it has anything at all to do with mac, which it really doesn't, and because that was the very first puppy I ever installed.Īfter many attempts to boot this '06 macbook 1,1 success!!!! with macpup!!! It was funny the mention of macpup from the op.

How to install linux on old macbook pro