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tara2
September 8th, 2013, 04:00 PM
Hello I have tried my best searching the forums and still cant seem to find the info I need. Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction? I have an Macbook Pro 3,1 core 2 duo 2.3 ghz. I would like to install to an external hard drive although I can use a usb stick for now. I have downloaded the 13.04 desktop 64bit version and burned it to a DVD. When the DVD was finished burning it was ejected and said it was not useable. Upon trying to boot from the DVD I was presented with 3 options two for efi boot and one for windows. I tried all 3 and it just hung at a black screen. I was however able to get a virtual box setup running from the DVD that I burned. So I guess my question is what do I need to do to get my macbook to boot from the dvd so I may install? Thanks!

Moved post to the Apple section sorry!

coffeecat
September 8th, 2013, 05:29 PM
Closed, duplicate here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2173161

@tara2, don't worry about finding a better section after you started the thread, but if you would like a thread moved, simply click on the http://ubuntuforums.org/images/ubuntu-VB4/buttons/report-40b.png button in your own post to send a request to the staff area. It's better than starting a duplicate thread.

Welcome to the forum!