Installer not able to load on iMac 14.2

[JAM-92]

Hi there,

I just wanted to report that the AnduinOS (EN-US) installer does not boot on my iMac 14.2 (2013 iMac). I have made a bootable USB using the official Ubuntu Startup disk creation tool using the AnduinOS 1.4 version. I will try the LTS now, and keep you guys informed. The problem occurs directly after selecting the USB stick. A blinking cursor appears in the upper left corner of the screen, and nothing happens after that.

Unfortunately the LTS also does not boot.

On a sidenote, other Ubuntu flavour .iso's boot fine like Ubuntu Cinnamon & Zorin OS.

Kind regards, and have a superb day ;)

[Anduin2017]

Ack. I will start investigating on this.

Seems iMac's EFI system has different requirements between others.

I may provide you a personal experimental ISO to test. Since I don't have an iMac here.

[JAM-92]

Ack. I will start investigating on this.

Seems iMac's EFI system has different requirements between others.

I may provide you a personal experimental ISO to test. Since I don't have an iMac here.

Thanks for your reply! No hurry investigating this of course. You know what cought my eye? The USB stick I used, normally is depicted as a yellow external hard drive, with the USB logo on it, in the iMac boot device menu. When I load the .iso of Anduin on it, this changes to an icon of a hard drive, although differing from the internal one.

So the iMac definitely 'is seeing' something different in the Anduin .iso when compared to the Ubuntu .iso. I think you are on the right track with iMac's EFI system having different requirements! ;)

Unfortunately, I am not tech savvy enough to help you with this. I am not a programmer, only an enthusiast haha :)

Have a nice weekend.

edit: I'll try loading it from a old-fashioned DVD to exclude any error with the Startup Disk Creation tool being the reason the bootable USB doesn't work. For that, I'll burn the untouched .iso to a DVD and try booting from that.