Linux on Macs

galapogos · 02-17-2011, 01:16 AM

Hi,

Is it possible to run Linux on Macs without any additional configuration such as Boot Camp/etc?

I have a SATA storage device that has presents a GUI to the user in a simple Linux installation, and ideally it should be platform independent, i.e. boot up into the GUI in all platforms. I'm having mostly success on various PCs, however, it's not booting up in a Macbook Pro that I have. AFAIK the MBPs and all modern Mac systems use EFI rather than BIOS, could this be the problem?

milindlokde · 02-17-2011, 02:07 AM

I have never used Mac. Does the efi or bios support booting from cdrom. Then try live linux cd. If that runs then installation should not be a big problem. You also have virtualization as option to try linux. Also you can try working in terminal. Its unix underneath mac!