Ubuntu 11.04 fails to boot in Macbok

Question

After installing Ubuntu 11.4 in a Macbook 5,2 I get a blinking folder with a question mark at boot.

The installation was successful erasing the entire drive, but the computer fails to boot Ubuntu, I launched the Live USB and inserted these commands in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install efibootmgr
sudo efibootmgr
sudo efibootmgr -o 0

Also modified the sudo nano /etc/default/grub adding GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="libata.force=noncq"

And inserted this command:

sudo update-grub

However it returns:

cannot stat aufs

The blinking folder is still present.

How can I fix this?

Ubuntu 11.04 has reached End of Support in 2012. Please use a newer version like 14.04. — nbkr, Apr 10 '15 at 07:34
It is quite hilarious when people close questions after they have been already answered and acepted. There are better things to do with your time and effort. — Gabriel Meono, Apr 11 '15 at 17:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '15 at 08:43

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Ubuntu 11.04 has reached End of Support in 2012. I recommend Ubuntu MATE 14.04 for this laptop. It will run in a extremely fluent way. Here you're a screenshot:

Ubuntu MATE Screenshot

answered Apr 10 '15 at 08:43

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I did my research before installing 11.04, it should work right out of the box.
There are reports of 14 having compatibility issues therefore I decided not to use it. I will install it and return to you before calling it a day.
– Gabriel Meono Apr 10 '15 at 16:00
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It did work! I had to manually install the wireless driver following this guide. It was a bit confusing but finally worked. – Gabriel Meono Apr 11 '15 at 00:10

Ubuntu 11.04 fails to boot in Macbok

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