[NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?

Omar Eljumaily omar at omnicode.com
Sat Aug 1 08:54:41 PDT 2015


If it can run the latest Mac OS, it's definitely worth more than 
equivalent generic hardware.  They still have a lot of marketable value 
on Ebay.



On 8/1/2015 8:45 AM, Glenn Kerbein wrote:
> If you have an Intel mac, sure. I once dual-booted Gentoo x64 on my
> Macbook Pro with EFI.
> I don't see any reason why you couldn't just wipe the main drive.
> Although getting GRUB to replace the BIOS bootloader would be tricky, so
> you may have the EFI relic.
>
> You spent a lot of money for that Mac, no reason to wipe it. Just get a
> secondhand Windows laptop and wipe that instead!
>
> What model are you using? I can point you in the right direction if
> you'd like.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Glenn
>
> On 08/01/2015 08:42 AM, ojo at sonic.net wrote:
>> How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't
>> want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I
>> only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?
>>
>> Thanks
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