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klonesy

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Jan 28, 2011
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I know this isn't exactly related to the category, but in the beginning it was. I recently received a MBP as a hand-me-down from my grandfather. I am a happy user of linux systems, so I ended up making a bootcamp partition on the newest update of Snow Leopard to install Ubuntu on (10.10 specifically). The installation went great and all, and I can access Ubuntu, but there were no choices on returning to my Mac partition.

I just decided to completely wipe everything and put Ubuntu on the whole drive in the hopes of being able to install Snow Leopard again, because I could not boot from either the Mac OS X install DVD that came with the computer, nor the Snow Leopard DVD it was upgraded with. I still cannot access either DVD to reinstall my mac.

I have also posted this on the ubuntuforums and tried most of the startup options available (a lot of them don't work). When holding down the option key for instance, I am confronted with a lock icon that needs a password (which my grandfather has apparently forgotten). So I cannot access bootable drives in that manner. I would just really like to my Snow Leopard back up and running on this computer.

Please help.
 
Shut off your macbook. Remove the battery. Use the RAM Removal Lever to remove one of the memory modules.

Boot the computer.

Immediately upon booting, reset the PRAM (cmd, opt, p, r all together at boot).

The laptop will not attempt to boot completely, will shut off, and will boot up again.

That should be it. Then just power down, remove battery, replace ram (careful of the lever), replace battery, and start up again.
from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080827205328AArHxwJ
 
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