Posts by mac

1) Message boards : News : looking for a linux pro :) (Message 42258) Posted 20 Sep 2010 by mac Post: First off, Apple makes use of EFI instead of a standard BIOS. On my Macbook Pro I need to install a program called rEFIt before I install linux. This solves a lot of issues and enabled me to install Ubuntu 10.04 without hassles using the default settings in the installer. Of course, my macbook had an nVidia graphics card but that should not be of any concern during the installation phase since the installer uses a standard resolution and no hardware acceleration. rEFIt is used to get around the way the hard drive is partioned and seems to provide the EFI code required to boot the system correctly. rEFIt doesn't replace any of Apple's code and you can remove it without hassle. When installing a windows based operating system most people use BootCamp effectively gives windows access to the correct settings. I installed Fedora Core 13 on the macbook without refit and I got similar problems to those you describe. After installing rEFIt eveything worked out fine, I'm only running linux on it for the moment until my current project is completed and I still had to install rEFIt to overcome the boot and install issues.