Macbook
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This guide will help you to install OpenGEU and every other Ubuntu based linux distribution on your Macbook (either “normal” or pro). Even Ubuntu will work with this how-to.
The tutorial is aimed on how to succesfully partition the hard disk and to correctly boot the distribution. For a better post-install configuration I suggest you to follow the Ubuntu Wiki.
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Resize your Mac Os X partition
This can be done via BootCamp easily. If you are planning to re-install Mac Os X and then OpenGEU, use Disk Utility to create a partition for Mac Os X and leave some blank space for OpenGEU.
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Install Refit and Update Partition Table
The best way to install Refit is to obtain its Mac Os X package under Mac Os X and install it. Reboot the system and use the “Partitioning Tool” to update the partition table
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Boot OpenGEU live cd and Install the System succesfully
Insert the OpenGEU cd and reboot again. Choose to boot Linux from cd, select your language/keyboard options and wait for the beautiful desktop to appear.
Open a terminal and type
sudo apt-get install refit
Install OpenGEU and select a partition layout (I suggest a single ext3 partition for / and a 1GB swap partition). So your hard disk should have 4 partitions, sda3 is the / partition and sda4 is the swap partition.
Now take a look at the installation status! When the filesystems are created and the installer begins to copy the files to the hard disk, open a terminal and type:
sudo gptsync /dev/sda && sudo sfdisk --force -c /dev/sda 3 83
Wait to the end of the installation and reboot the system. Reboot it again if you are not able to boot OpenGEU.
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The B Plan. What if OpenGEU does not boot?
If you are still having problems, don’t panic! You may also install Grub manually.
Insert OpenGEU cd and boot the live distribution.
Open a terminal and type:
sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/ sudo mount -t proc none /mnt/proc sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash
(pay attention to sda3, it must be your root partition / )
You are now chrooted to your installed system
create the file /etc/grub.conf with this content:
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,2) (hd0,2) quit
(pay attention to (hd0,2) it is /dev/sda3 for Grub.)
Run the following command to install Grub:
grub --batch < /etc/grub.conf
The output will look like this one:
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> setup –stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,2) (hd0,2) Checking if “/boot/grub/stage1″ exists… yes Checking if “/boot/grub/stage2″ exists… yes Checking if “/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5″ exists… yes Running “embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)”… failed (this is not fatal) Running “embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)”… failed (this is not fatal) Running “install –stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,2) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst “… succeeded Done. grub> quit
Exit from the terminal and reboot the system. OpenGEU will boot.
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What is next?
A good idea is to configure the system, and the best point to start is:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook_Santa_Rosa
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
