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Test Drive of Zorin From USB Login Loop

Deximus

Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:26:02 pm

Using Macbook Pro (Mid-2010) (MacbookPro7,1)

I created a bootable flash drive with ZorinOS on it, and select "Try without installing" when given the option. I'll then get the Zorin logo for a bit, then for a split second, I see some sort of landscape wallpaper type thing before I am taken to a console-like screen asking for the login. If nothing is entered, the screen will flash black as if refreshing. If any key is pressed, the same happens, with no keystrokes appearing. I left it on this screen for about a minute, hoping it would figure itself out but to no avail. I do not believe that there is a password for the test drive of Zorin.

I looked around, and all of the "login loop" reports on this forum that I could find were dealing with either incorrect architecture, or updating/installing Zorin.

Swarfendor437

Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:32:22 pm

I am not a Mac User but would suspect you may need to install rEFInd first?

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

Deximus

Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:57:14 pm

Swarfendor437 wrote:I am not a Mac User but would suspect you may need to install rEFInd first?

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/


Isn't that for if I want to install it on the hard drive? I've managed to do the "try before you install" from a USB for a few flavours of Ubuntu, but for Zorin I get that login issue

zorinantwerp

Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:27:19 pm

Hi

your current macOS is 32 or 64bit?
Image

for live (try-out) no password is required

Have you the ISO from the Zorin website?
https://zorinos.com/download/lite/

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Swarfendor437

Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:52:37 pm

Did you use Mac Linux USB loader for your other distros?:

https://www.howtogeek.com/213396/how-to ... -your-mac/

Deximus

Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:59:57 pm

zorinantwerp wrote:Hi

your current macOS is 32 or 64bit?
[-snip-]

for live (try-out) no password is required

Have you the ISO from the Zorin website?
https://zorinos.com/download/lite/

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64-bit mac, using Intel Core 2 Duo

Deximus

Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:00:53 pm

Swarfendor437 wrote:Did you use Mac Linux USB loader for your other distros?:

https://www.howtogeek.com/213396/how-to ... -your-mac/


I used Etcher to put the ISO on the flashdrive, same thing I did with the other linux distros. Is Zorin different?

Swarfendor437

Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:11:41 pm

Zorin is a fork of Ubuntu so there will be some tweaks here and there. I've never taken to Etcher. I would be curious for you to try the one I quoted; after all it is a Mac specific USB installer. ;)