Linux install party
wikipedia:List of Linux distributions
We tend to use in the course: debian & ubuntu.
( see debian family tree)
With Windows 8, the BIOS of the computer is now using UEFI,
- Presing shift key when selecting windows restart (and hold it?) opens a special menu on restarting...
Max's MacBook Pro, running 10.6, booted from the Debian NetInstall AMD64 USB stick using Alt key on bootup. Debian standard installer works, asking for wireless driver.
brcm/bcm43XX-0.fw
unetbootin
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Unet bootin is a cross platform (window, mac, and linux) program to create bootdisk
Mac / OS X
Generally, the idea is to use the Mac's Disk Utility to shrink the main OSX/hfs partition and then to (USB) boot to install linux in the free space you create.
Work around: copy a lot of data off the hard drive (temporarily), say your Movies folder, and then try to resize again. Once the partition has successfully be resized, you can copy the files back.