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

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.

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

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.

• Starting a mac from a DVD (special keys) Starting up the Mac with the ALT key pressed should allow you to pick a USB stick with a Linux (Debian) bootable installer.

Windows

• http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Pressing shift while selecting restart (in the Power "charm") seems to bring up the UEFI settings.