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Hi there, I am repairing my old MacBook A1181 13" 1.83 GHz Core Duo from 2006. The “issue” is that I have an old version of Debian installed on it. No trace of MacOS but GRUB GNU. I am looking for a way to install 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on it. Tried yesterday with an USB stick with dmg image on it. No way. Will try tonight with a double layer DVD. In the meanwhile, any suggestion? Thanks in advance.
You’ll need to delete the partition mapping on the drive. I’ve had problems with a few Linux versions which Disk Utility just wouldn’t clear. I had luck with Drive Genius but you do have a bit of a problem here as this newer version won’t run under Snow Leopard ;-{ Give ProSoft a call to see if they can offer you a version that will work. Or, take the drive out and use a newer Mac externally or using Target Disk mode to connect it too. Or even use a Windows PC to scrub the drive down using their disk tools FDISK & FORMAT on the command line.
