This is standard for booting OS X off x86 hardware. Click OPTIONS button to open a dialog select "GPTFormat (GUID Partitioning Table)". Set first partition to 40 GB formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-Sensitive) aka HFSX. Reformat the main drive and repartition with 2 partitions. You are going to reinstall OSX, but first select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
UBUNTU FOR MAC MAC OS X
I setup about 40GB for OS X and the rest for Ubuntu.īoot off Mac OS X Install CD (or the recovery partition). You will totally reformat the Mac and reinstall OSX and Ubuntu. Most of the steps you can just follow along without knowing what is coming up next, but if you are not careful and you mess up the second to last step then your EFI boot will get screwed up and the easiest way to fix that is to start all over again from the beginning. You just want to beware of choosing the correct option before you click the final "Install" button. Yes, you have to install two operating systems, but it's less effort in the end.īefore you do anything be sure to read the note #second_to_last_step below. Give up and go the dual boot route and most of the problems go away. I don't know of the easy way to make single boot Linux install the same way every time. So if you try to just install Linux with no dual boot your results may vary - you may get perfect working system or you might get an installation that will not boot or you may get a system that boots, but is limited to slow display drivers. The details can get complicated, but basically Apple's EFI has a BIOS compatibility layer which is necessary for Linux to run accelerated video drivers. The Mac uses EFI to control the boot loading process which takes place of the BIOS in traditional x86 based hardware. This is actually easier than trying to get the Mac to boot just Linux by itself.
UBUNTU FOR MAC FOR MAC OS X
So I set aside a small 40GB partition for Mac OS X and the rest I give to Linux.ĭual boot with OS X and Linux the easiest way I have found to get Linux to install consistently on an EFI motherboard. It turns out this can be harder than creating a dual boot setup. Originally I did not want to dual boot I just wanted Ubuntu Linux by itself. Install Linux with dual boot, not single boot I'm always resting my fingers above the trackpad and accidentally triggering three finger double-tap, which causes Ubuntu Unity to swap Windows or swap the previous running application.
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