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I haven’t tested to see if it works with a dual-boot system.Most distros will automatically use MBR as part of their “auto format/install” when you use these disk images, but if you do some custom partitioning, you’ll want to keep an eye out. When you format/install, you’re best to use MBR for the hard drive ( not GPT).Use a dedicated program capable of burning ISOs (Burn and SimplyBurn are a couple open source programs capable of this). If burning the DVD from macOS, do not use Disk Utility.It will likely be detected as “Windows” by the boot menu.

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Hold the “option” key on your Mac during boot and select the image. Burn to a DVD (these will not work for USB – see Option 4 further down if you need USB).Note that Lubuntu tends to be one of the snappiest installs if you don’t mind the LXDE interface.Ĭheck out the comments for successful and non-successful distros/versions that others have been kind enough to report back with. I have only personally used/tested Ubuntu 16.04, 17.10, and Fedora 24. Note: Manjaro installation attempts normally have a low success rate. If these work, you can search for and try “nomodeset” when attempting a newer version. NOTE: These older versions are worth trying if you are using dedicated graphics (ATI/nVidia) and are not having luck with new versions. Note that the MacBook Air 1,1 doesn’t have a DVD drive which makes things more complicated. If you’re on some other (non-Mac) 64-bit machine that uses a 32-bit EFI, well… I have no idea.

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If you’re on a later Mac, you’ve probably got a 64-bit EFI so most 64-bit Linux distros should install and run. If you’ve got an earlier Mac which is a CoreDuo (not a Core 2Duo), it can’t run 64-bit anyway. These tend to be all of the Core2Duo models from late 2006. To be clear, this applies to the 64-bit Macs that use a 32-bit EFI. Before reading further: Make sure you’re in the same boat! I figured it was time to look for a method to get this stuff running. Unfortunately, these mac-specific images seem to have fallen by the wayside as of late. Eventually I came across ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64+mac.iso which actually did boot and install.

Unfortunate, because OS X Snow Leopard was my favorite version of OS X. Anyway, I decided it was time to throw Linux on it.Īt the time, I was having trouble getting the latest 64-bit Linux distro DVDs to boot. As I recall, it was some error message that translated to “ your mail client is horribly old and uses outdated security protocols“. Some time ago, Apple Mail on my white MacBook stopped communicating with Gmail.

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