Selecting 'Boot Linux Mint' leads to a never ending black screen. I don't remember the wording exactly but it basically boiled down to 'Boot Linux Mint', 'Boot Linux Mint (Compatibility Mode)', and 'Check storage medium integrity'. They present with 3 options (in a black and white terminal style UI). If I 'Boot Linux from UUI' the screen goes black except for the words 'Missing Operating System.' I've tried reformatting the thumb drive (a full reformat, not a 'quick' one) before reimaging but I get the same error anyway.Īs for the other two options, they both do the same thing. When I plug the UUI drive in, rEFIt adds 3 options: boot with /efi/boot/boot圆4.efi, boot with /efi/boot/grub圆4.efi, or the generically title 'Boot Linux from UUI'. I've given up on UNetbootin after hearing a few negative things, besides, it didn't work for me. I've tried both USB Universal Installer (UUI) and UNetbootin to image the thumb drives. I've spent 20+ hours on this over the weekend and here's what I see and what I know so far. They're 16GB and 8GB and I haven't noticed any difference between them. I have two different thumb drives I've been alternating between. I've burned two DVDs from the ISO and neither are recognized as bootable media (the CD is spit out every time I try to boot from it). I want to install Linux Mint 17 圆4 on it. It's harddrive is completely wiped and formatted (FAT32 if I remember correctly) with the only exception of a working installation of rEFIt.

I have a Macbook Pro that I believe is from 2008.

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