If you get that error you're probably trying to boot a 64 bit version of Ubuntu on a Mac that doesn't support it.Įverything started to make sense when I burned a 32 bit version of Ubuntu Linux Desktop 16.04.1 LTS to a DVD and booted up the MacBook with that. I first burned a 64 bit version and when I tried to boot from it I got an error asking me to "Select CD-ROM Boot Type" and the keyboard froze so it would not boot. So I downloaded the ISO file of Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS then used Disk Utility to burn that ISO file to a blank DVD. Lucky for me I had a Superdrive DVD burner in an external USB enclosure I had removed from a Macbook Pro to replace with a SSD drive. I tried Etcher and Unetbootin neither one made USB bootable drives that were recognized by my old MacBook. I tried in vain to create EFI bootable USB drives with Ubuntu that my old MacBook would recognize when I started up the computer holding down the OPTION key. Through trial and error I found that my old MacBook from 2007 didn't support Ubuntu 64 bit so I found a 32 bit distribution of Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS that worked for my machine. So I thought why not replace the system with Windows or Linux so I can run a current web browser on it? I decided on Ubuntu Linux because it runs better on older systems than Windows. ![]() ![]() These days I wouldn't advise browsing the internet without a current web browser you can update. I still used it to browse the internet but both Firefox & Google Chrome had stopped providing updates for Snow Leopard. I've had this old MacbBook 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo (T7200) with Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard gathering dust for years.
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