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>> Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
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>> Bryan,
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>> According to
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> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
>
> Bryan,
>
> According to what I've read, it is pos
day, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
>
> Bryan,
>
> According to what I've read, it is possible to make a bootable Linux
> disk
> for the Mac and even get it to load. Now t
cs.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Howell
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
Bryan,
According
Hey Chris, I did not realize there was a VC already built. I appreciate that
info and will check it out. I very well might be able to get something up and
running rather quickly with this info.
On Jan 11, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Have you considered trying one of the pre-made VMW
Have you considered trying one of the pre-made VMWare 'appliances' which
has things already set up? Here's a 115MB download for Debian 3.1
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/13
which takes you to here:
http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#debian3.1
with a bunch of other Debian varia
Bryan,
According to what I've read, it is possible to make a bootable Linux
disk for the Mac and even get it to load. Now the details I'm not to clear on
and my intent was to setup a Debian distro on an old Mac Mini. Of course why
would I want to do this? Well because it's an older Po
Hi Esther,
THanks for the reference, but there is part of the problem, I'm trying
to setup a Linux box and actually for some reason I'm having a hell of a time
making it happen under Fusion. So, the idea was to setup a bootable flash disk
I could use on my old Mini. I'd be curious if
The Mac can boot a USB device, but I don't think that you'll have luck booting
anything other than the Mac OS without a lot of work. If you want to boot
Linux, then BIOS emulation has to be going before the Linux distro boots. Maybe
some of them can boot with EFI, but I'm not knowledgeable enoug
