Linux install party

wikipedia:List of Linux distributions

We tend to use in the course: debian & ubuntu.

( see debian family tree)

FOSDEM 2014

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

http://superuser.com/questions/72896/cannot-resize-os-x-partition

Notes

• Starting a mac from a DVD (special keys)