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

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Michael,

Using VMWare is actually pretty simple. In fact, if you are worried 
about messing up your system that's where a virtual machine like VMWare 
comes in handy because you can't damage your host OS using a virtual 
machine. What you do is install VMWare and tell it to create a new 
partition. Its not actually a physical partition, but creates a virtual 
partition inside a swap file, and doesn't actually change the physical 
partition table of your hard drive. Then, you install Ubuntu or whatever 
OS you want inside that swap file and can run the guest OS at the same 
time as your host. I think given the complexity involved in installing 
Linux on a Mac a virtual machine is probably the best way to go.

Cheers!


On 4/28/2012 2:35 PM, michael weaver wrote:
> i think you are right on this point.  there is something about how the 
> boot up process is different on the mac than the pc and there is a 
> tool you have to run which changes the system before you can run ubuntu.
> i myself have never used vmware as you have to use it to create space 
> for a vertual hard drive and i have not waanted to mess up a computer 
> trying to get it right with the space i wanted to use.