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Hey there, I'm trying to install Mint on a 2015 MacBook Pro and for some reason the laptop won't show the USB in the boot menu when I try to access it. I've tried using both baleneaEtcher on both my Macbook and my Linux desktop, and ventoy on the desktop to make the drive but neither has worked.

Does anyone have experience with this era of macs and installing Linux on them?

EDIT: Changing the flash drive worked ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Try another usb, different brand. It might not be the burning app, it could be the usb itself. Also, try different ports of usb. Finally, have an ethernet usb adapter, if your laptop doesn't have an ethernet port, because you will need that to install the wifi driver, which is not included by default on linux, because it's not a Free driver.

[–] Chimaeratorian@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

This explains so much! It took me ages to get the Broadcom working correctly and even now I’m not sure how I got it to work (it sometimes goes away and I have to reboot to bring it back).

[–] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'll give this a shot, thank you

[–] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

worked, thanks lol