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I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one  (the backblack one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it,. I installed Devuan on it and everything was good. I decided to pick up another on as a secondary laptop, since their so cheap. 

The second one (the white MacBook) arrived today and unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to boot into anything. When I turn it on I get a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I read online that it’s either a bad hard drive or ramRAM so I tried swapping them both out with the parts from my black MacBook with no luck. Putting

Then, after putting the original hard drive back made something changechanged and the hard drive showed up but with the name windowsWindows and when it would boot it would say no operating system. 

I figured that Ifif I got this drive to be identified I could install Linux on it from the black MacBook and then just put it in the white one and it would boot. InstalledI installed Linux and put the drive in and now it just sits at a white screen with a mouse cursor. Any ideas on how

How can I couldproceed to to get this thingMacBook to boot tointo any osOS?

I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one(the back one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it, I installed Devuan on it and everything was good. I decided to pick up another on as a secondary laptop, since their so cheap. The second one white MacBook arrived today and unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to boot into anything. When I turn it on I get a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I read online that it’s either bad hard drive or ram so I tried swapping them both out with the parts from my black MacBook with no luck. Putting the original hard drive back made something change and the hard drive showed up but with the name windows and when it would boot it would say no operating system. I figured that If I got this drive to be identified I could install Linux on it from the black MacBook and then just put it in the white one and it would boot. Installed Linux and put the drive in and now it just sits at a white screen with a mouse cursor. Any ideas on how I could get this thing to boot to any os?

I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one  (the black one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it. I installed Devuan on it and everything was good. 

The second one (the white MacBook) arrived today and unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to boot into anything. When I turn it on I get a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I read online that it’s either a bad hard drive or RAM so I tried swapping them both out with the parts from my black MacBook with no luck.

Then, after putting the original hard drive back something changed and the hard drive showed up but with the name Windows and when it would boot it would say no operating system. 

I figured that if I got this drive to be identified I could install Linux on it from the black MacBook and then just put it in the white one and it would boot. I installed Linux and put the drive in and now it just sits at a white screen with a mouse cursor.

How can I proceed to to get this MacBook to boot into any OS?

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Can’t get MacBook a1181 to boot

I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one(the back one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it, I installed Devuan on it and everything was good. I decided to pick up another on as a secondary laptop, since their so cheap. The second one white MacBook arrived today and unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to boot into anything. When I turn it on I get a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I read online that it’s either bad hard drive or ram so I tried swapping them both out with the parts from my black MacBook with no luck. Putting the original hard drive back made something change and the hard drive showed up but with the name windows and when it would boot it would say no operating system. I figured that If I got this drive to be identified I could install Linux on it from the black MacBook and then just put it in the white one and it would boot. Installed Linux and put the drive in and now it just sits at a white screen with a mouse cursor. Any ideas on how I could get this thing to boot to any os?