Trying to install msg "no mountable files found".
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:53 am
Hi, I decided to try out some linux systems to see what I can see and am having a bit of trouble. I will format this to make it a bit clearer.
2011 mac book pro with Mountain Lion. Intel.
Partitioned hard drive with 100 g formatted in mac and then in ms dos (I tried both).
Tried both rEFIt and rEFInd. (both appeared upon start up as they should with the apple on the left and four grey tiles on the right).
If i click on the apple it goes to my regular mac login.
If I click on the squares I get a black screen stating "no operating system found please insert a readable disk and hit any key to continue".
Only it won't do anything when I hit a key. I have had to force shut down the machine to get back out.
Holding "C" upon start up does not affect any of the afore mentioned. I have tried this several times both before and after the EFI application. As well as, uninstalling the EFI applications and trying again; same result.
If I double click on the Cinnamon disk image (and I even tried to drag and drop to the Linux partition) I get the error code "No mountable files found".
So I am here now to ask two questions that are one. What am I doing wrong and how do I correctly install Linux?
I know just enough to get myself into trouble and I am stuck.
Please Help and Thank You.
2011 mac book pro with Mountain Lion. Intel.
Partitioned hard drive with 100 g formatted in mac and then in ms dos (I tried both).
Tried both rEFIt and rEFInd. (both appeared upon start up as they should with the apple on the left and four grey tiles on the right).
If i click on the apple it goes to my regular mac login.
If I click on the squares I get a black screen stating "no operating system found please insert a readable disk and hit any key to continue".
Only it won't do anything when I hit a key. I have had to force shut down the machine to get back out.
Holding "C" upon start up does not affect any of the afore mentioned. I have tried this several times both before and after the EFI application. As well as, uninstalling the EFI applications and trying again; same result.
If I double click on the Cinnamon disk image (and I even tried to drag and drop to the Linux partition) I get the error code "No mountable files found".
So I am here now to ask two questions that are one. What am I doing wrong and how do I correctly install Linux?
I know just enough to get myself into trouble and I am stuck.
Please Help and Thank You.