Re: [orca-list] installing linux on the mac

["Brent Harding" <bharding doorpi net>]

   I thought there was some boot loader or utility that does something with 
the partitioning that you have to boot up with to do it. I forget the name 
though as I wanted to try it as well because VM's always gave noise instead 
of speech and the like.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael weaver" <weavermicha googlemail com>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:24 PM
Subject: [orca-list] installing linux on the mac


>  hi james austin.
> i was going to install ubuntu on my mac.
> i read something about doing it only it recommends you keep mac
> osx as that updates the mac hardware i think.
> also the mac uses a different format for hard drives than a pc
> and i think you have to use a tool to create a linux file system
> on the space on the drive you wish to use for linux which sounds
> rather complicated.
> as far as i know you can't just do the normal procedure for
> installing ubuntu by just popping in a ubuntu cd, running ubuntu
> using the standard procedure you might just do on a pc and hope
> to just install it as i don't believe it will just work this way
> for you just to use the standard installation and just choose to
> use the free space on your drive which you might just be able to
> do on a pc with windows because from what i have read, macs don't
> work that way because of the format that osx uses.
> perhaps someone might be able to clarify this and tell me if i am
> wrong because i was looking into doing this myself.
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