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Mikicrep

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Registered: 2023-07-13

Posts: 6

Arch Linux on iMac mid 2010

Hi, i want to get arch on my imac mid 2010 but i cant even boot installer, i tried ventoy and balena etcher, ventoy gave "14 secure boot not implemented" error and etcher said some pci err and [triggering events] and then black screened, any help?

dakota

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Registered: 2016-05-20

Posts: 280

Re: Arch Linux on iMac mid 2010

Write to USB?
Write to USB on Mac?

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Arch Linux on iMac mid 2010

... said some pci err and [triggering events] and then black screened, any help?

So there was some error.  For which I'm sure there is some solution.  If you want more than that, give us something to work with

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Docbroke

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From: India

Registered: 2015-06-13

Posts: 1,433

Re: Arch Linux on iMac mid 2010

Have you disabled secure boot in bios settings?

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