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boedybios

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From: Australia

Registered: 2015-10-21

Posts: 3

MacBook Pro 2013 with SSD

Hi fellows,
Recently I just bought a new SSD (Crusial BX100 250GB) as an upgrade from my old HDD on my Macbook Pro.
I had no issue while installing Arch on my Macbook. I was using gummiboot as a bootloader at that time.
I was uing this to guide me through the installation process.

However, while I am installing Arch on my new SSD (using the same Macbook Pro), I just realized that gummiboot is nolonger available.
Then I decided to use systemd-boot, since it is a successor for gummiboot.
Unfortunately, when I rebooted my Macbook (once the installation is finished), nothing happen on my Macbook.
It seems to be unable to recognize any bootloader.

I tried to use some other booloader such as rfind-efi and grub, but the result is just the same

I really need your help..... please.......

Kind regards,
Boedy

olive

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-06-22

Posts: 1,490

Re: MacBook Pro 2013 with SSD

I don't have a Mac, but if it has a standard UEFI implementation, you have to add an entry to the firmware with efibootmgr (see the wiki). I suppose you have booted the installation media in UEFI mode and not via a BIOS emulation (I think it's called bootcamp in Mac).

Last edited by olive (2015-10-21 20:32:18)

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,218

Re: MacBook Pro 2013 with SSD

Can you provide details on what you did?  for example 'lsdblk -f' and the syntax/configuratyion you used for each failed BL installed.

I personally use grub for my macbook air on an efi partitions in vfat.

boedybios

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From: Australia

Registered: 2015-10-21

Posts: 3

Re: MacBook Pro 2013 with SSD

For further information: There is no Mac OS on my Macbook. I only want to install Arch Only.

This is the out put for lsblk -f:

sda:
|--sda1 vfat    /boot
|--sda2 swap
|--sda3 ext4   /

And this is what I did when I setup systemd-boot:

bootctl --path=/boot install
bootctl update

Then I modify the /boot/loader/loader.conf as follow:

default  arch
timeout  4

Then I created e new boot entry (/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf) as follow:

title           Arch Linux (LVM)
linux          /vmlinuz-linux
initrd         /initramfs-linux.img
options      root=/dev/sda3 rw quiet splash

Last edited by boedybios (2015-10-22 03:10:30)

boedybios

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From: Australia

Registered: 2015-10-21

Posts: 3

Re: MacBook Pro 2013 with SSD

And this is what I did when I use refind as BL:

This is the out put for lsblk -f:

sda:
|--sda1 vfat    /boot/efi
|--sda2 ext2   /boot
|--sda3 swap
|--sda4 ext4   /

refind-install --usedefault /dev/sda1