Tag Archives: Mac

Linux on Mac?

hi all, got a major problemo here, i ran a SUSE Linux live cd on a friend’s mac. it worked quite fine when i tried returning to the mac OS the system gave me the following message “Cannot find Bootable Device”, which is strange cos the Mac OS was running just fine befor i restarted the system for the Linux live cd. the only thing i know i did was direct the Mac to use the CD-ROM as the first bootable device, i did this within the OS itself, i guess that’s what’s giving me problems. please how do i reverse the process.
Mean while i want to install Linux on the Mac, will it affect the files on the system.

Did I install DSL (Damn Small Linux) Correctly? =S?

I have always been a mac guy but lately have been messing around with the command line and also learning how to program in Ruby. Today, I decided to install Damn Small Linux on my old computer in the garage. So I popped in the live cd, tested it out, then decided to do a hard drive install. I restarted, typed “install” at the command prompt then a list of options popped up. I went into cfdisk and deleted the windows partition (so there was my entire harddisk space free–no other partitions.) Then I clicked Create and clicked Primary and it asked how much space I wanted to use–I put half the total amount. Then I clicked create again and this time I clicked (I think it was called secondary or something like that??) and made the space the rest of the space I had left…this is the part that confused me. I wasn’t sure if I should have just made one primary linux partition or the two. Then it asked me if I wanted to install a boot loader (I guessed and said yes.) Did I do it right?
Oh, and after creating the two partitions I wrote them both to the disk, then said yes to installing Grub boot loader. Do I need a boot loader if only running DSL and no other OS? I also created two users, 1 root and 2 dsl–and gave them different passwords. Lastly, if I want to save a file to the desktop, it says there is no “Desktop” directory, so where do I save it to? On my mac I save my program files in a folder titled, “programs” then open the terminal and type: cd Desktop/programs
then type: ruby filename.rb
and it runs. How do I do this on DSL or linux in general?

Thanks!!

In the market for a nice linux os for my old imac?

I just got an old iMac from a friend, but its running Mac OS 9 and I’m not too crazy about it, what Linux OS would you recommend for an older mac (preferably free and is Live CD).

How easy/hard would it to install Feisty Fawn on a Mac?

Let’s say I have successfully created a Live CD. How hard/easy would it be to put feisty or another Ubuntu or another Linux onto a Mac? I’m talking about maybe one of the iMac core duo’s or one of the discontinued imacs. Assuming if its possible at all…………

mac os on “live” cd??

i know it is out there, i have seen it but does anyone know how to get the mac os / mac os x on a “live” or livedistro cd.
this is just like the knoppix on linux
it is a cd that boots mac on a pc. how do i get it?
i want it so i can try the os and use the video editing

for those of you who dont know what i am talking about dont answer