Re: [MLUG] Ubuntu on MacBook

[Jason Gyorog <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'm curious. Do you want to dual-boot, then, or just wipe the OSX and go
with Ubuntu completely? I've never worked on a MacBook, so I may be wrong,
but the impression I get from here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

is that the only thing BootCamp does is work as a bootloader. If you're
trying to dual-boot, it says you can just resize the OSX partition with
diskutil (Also, I remember being able to get to the disk manager from the
OSX install disks). It's been awhile, but I remember dual-booting to Yellow
Dog Linux on an iMac a few years ago.

Have you tried just booting a livedisk to see if it works?

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 12:57:12AM -0600, Mark Rages wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got my macbook back from apple.  (new disk, and new battery.  bonus!)
> 
> I've used OS X for a year.  I tried really hard to like it, but I'm
> ready to switch to Ubuntu.
> 
> Looking at the tutorials and wiki pages, it seems like Ubuntu will
> work fine, but needs some help booting.  The instructions always
> involve the use of an Apple product called Bootcamp. However I don't
> have bootcamp.  It's included in the latest OS X (10.5), and there was
> a beta for my OS X (10.4) but Apple doesn't offer it on their website
> anymore.  I'm not inclined to spend $$$ on an upgrade that I'm not
> planning to use.
> 
> Has anyone done this?  Suggestions?  Alternately, anyone interested in
> swapping for a decent quality portable laptop, X-series ThinkPad or
> similar?
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
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