Yes it can but you have to install differently. That series of mac has some different 32bit/64 bit EFI type issues. It is best to use a regular non EFI installer to install Linux on it. I had a macbook with the same type of issue. The error you pasted is exactly the same one I encountered when installers started incorporating the EFI installers. I no longer have that hardware so haven't done an install in some time so I can't tell you where/ how to get an installer without EFI enabled. Worst case, you could do a minimal install of an older version and then dist-upgrade to the latest version. You could also do a chroot install from a bootable livecd. You should be able to find an installer with EFI disabled though.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Steven Grunza <steven.gru...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried booting Debian 9.2.0 live netinstall and live. > > Both started up and gave a black screen with white writing and then a > screen similar to: > > 1. > > 2. > Select CD-ROM Boot Type :_ > > > Nothing I did on the attached USB keyboard had any affect, nor did > anything I did with the mouse. > > > > I received the machine from someone that upgraded to a newer machine. The > hard drive was mostly wiped clean and Apple no longer supports the > over-the-network install. > > My hope was to replace an iMac G5 (running Xubuntu) with this machine > since the G5 is so incredibly slow (radeon driver issues most likely). > > Any suggestions on how to get the machine running x86_64 would be welcome > - I'm hoping to be able to build Android and Android apps on the machine so > it needs to be 64-bit. > > Steven G. > --
