- #Ubuntu bootcamp for mac install#
- #Ubuntu bootcamp for mac drivers#
- #Ubuntu bootcamp for mac upgrade#
This guide was written while Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) was current, with Hardy Heron on the way. This guide will help you through all the steps necessary for installing Ubuntu on an iMac. If you would like to just test out Ubuntu, try using a Virtual Machine such as VirtualBox.
#Ubuntu bootcamp for mac install#
If you decide to partition your hard drive and install Ubuntu, please note that resizing your OS X partition to reuse the empty space is not easily done. Older information is available in these pages:
White iMac with nVidia Graphics (7300 GT). At this time, there are 4 major variations of the Intel iMac. edit /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.This is intended to be an installation guide for Intel iMac users, as well as a reference for getting various hardware working. 
login, open a shell with administrative privileges.Fixing that was the hardest part of this journey. Boot will will fail with 0xc000000e error. install Ubuntu using the free space (about 150GB) įixing Windows 10 boot (0xc000000e error)Īfter Ubuntu installation, Windows 10 won’t boot anymore.insert the Ubuntu installation USB key.Windows 10 will be broken by Ubuntu installation. # cd /Volumes/OSX/Users/andrea/Destkop/refind-0.10.2Īt the end of this section, you will have a dual boot Mac: OS X and Ubuntu Linux 16.04. open a terminal and install rEFInd (continue even if you got a warning):.open Disk Utility and mount OS X partition.
#Ubuntu bootcamp for mac drivers#
be sure Boot Camp package is installed too (it contains Mac drivers for Windows) Īt the end of this section, we’ll install a new bootloader to better manage a multi OS Mac. create a new 50GB partition and install Windows on it. in the disk manager, remove the non OS X partition (remove the second one, the bigger one). boot from Windows installation USB key. power on holding option/alt to open the Startup Manager. 
insert the Windows installation USB key.You can boot one OS using Startup Manager or via Boot Camp.
create another partition, leaving 50GB for OS X partition Īt the end of this section, you will have a dual boot Mac: OS X and Windows 10. start UNetbootin and prepare also the second USB key for Ubuntu installation media. open BootCamp and prepare the first USB key for Windows installation media. download rEFInd Boot Manager and unpack it. download Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Desktop image. #Ubuntu bootcamp for mac upgrade#
When installation is completed, consider to upgrade your OS X to latest version.
open Disk Utility, select your main disk and press erase (do that more than once, if first attempt fails). keep pressing command + R while you power on your Mac (release when the apple disappear) and boot into macOS Recovery mode. If you have a OSX installed on a single partition, filling the whole disk, go to the next step below in this paragraph. I made lot of tests to make everything working fine, so be sure you follow the steps below carefully. 150GB for Ubuntu Linux 16.04, my preferred OS. I have a 250GB SSD, and I’m going to allocate: A virtual machine can help but what if you need to test policies against physical hardware? As a network and security architect, I sometimes need to test security and network policies using different OS.
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