[Cialug] distro for ibook

[Matthew Nuzum]

2009/12/4 Brandon Griffis <brandongriffis at gmail.com>

> We're about to get a macbook pro in at my office (intel based).  Anything
> to know about putting linux on it?  Does gparted work just as well for
> resizing the OSX partition or do I need to use something else to be safe?
> Does grub work on Macbooks or do I need a different boot loader?
>
> I suppose, basically, will linux install on the Macbook Pro the same as it
> does on any PC (HP, Dell, Toshiba) laptop running Windows or is there
> something to know or do differently in the process?
>
>
I've got a macbook pro and it runs Ubuntu great. Use bootcamp to create the
partition. It will name it "Windows." Ignore most of the instructions Mac OS
gives you. Boot off the Ubuntu CD and isntall into the free space. When you
want to reboot hold down the option key while you turn the computer on and
instead of botting into Mac OS it'll prompt you to choose what partition to
boot.

I've heard there's somethign called ReFit (or similar) that gives you a boot
menu. I've not used it since I reboot quite infrequently.

There are detailed instructiosn for many models here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages

The most important thing I know of is to have ethernet networking handy
since the wifi chipset probably won't work out of the box. It uses broadcom
or one of those uncommonly supported chips.

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