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Trying booting into Debian on MacBook Air shows black screen

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I'm trying to install Debian on a MacBookAir ( as dual-boot or as a single, I don't care that much). Every time I select "EFI Boot", laptop goes into the black screen. After a while I hear it is processing something, but it is still black screen. Below are the specifications and steps that I did: MacBook Air8.1 Intel Core i5 In Recovery Mode, under Utilities > Startup Security Utility I allowed "External Boot: Allow booting from external or removable media". All secure boots are disabled. I tried following images (and I checked shasum, they are correct) debian-12.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso debian-12.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso 1/ Created a Bootable USB using balenaEtcher. 2/ Switched on MacBook and hold option to launch the boot menu. 3/ Selected "EFI Boot". 4/ And then the screen goes black. I tried to press "E", "ESC" or "Shift" immediately after selecting "EFI Boot" hoping to get to get GRUB bootloader menu, but none of it worked. What should I do to install debian? What am I doing wrong? Thank you a lot for the support and advice!
Asked by Anti (13 rep)
Dec 17, 2024, 05:15 PM
Last activity: Dec 19, 2024, 10:29 PM