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gsmumbo
Apr 2, 2008, 09:53 PM
I want to install it alongside my OSX install(specifically Mandriva) but I am not sure if it will work in Boot Camp or what not. Anyone try it and has it worked?


bananas
Apr 3, 2008, 02:12 AM
I tried Ubuntu 8.04 Beta yesterday. Easy to install, but you have to do few tricks to get wireless working. Touchpad didn't feel too good under Linux, but you can probably adjust it later.

Just use Bootcamp, but instead of putting in a Windows cd use Ubuntu.

Google for instructions. "installing" "Ubuntu" and "MacBook Air" should be good keywords.
benlangdon
Apr 3, 2008, 02:27 AM
I tried Ubuntu 8.04 Beta yesterday. Easy to install, but you have to do few tricks to get wireless working. Touchpad didn't feel too good under Linux, but you can probably adjust it later.

Just use Bootcamp, but instead of putting in a Windows cd use Ubuntu.

Google for instructions. "installing" "Ubuntu" and "MacBook Air" should be good keywords.

really...
i do not have an air but a mbp and linux sent me a ubuntu cd a day or two ago an haven't done anything with it.

any info you can share for bootcamp install?
genius bar said it will not work in bootcamp so... they can be wrong
mkrishnan
Apr 3, 2008, 11:15 PM
Repeating my request, this time in boldface. DO NOT THREADJACK.
hotdamn
Apr 4, 2008, 10:13 AM
make a bootcamp partition with the bootcamp assistant
after that bootcamp partition is finished, quit the assistant.

(this is where I hope you have the external drive)
burn a linux live cd and leave it in the drive.
shut down the machine and boot it back up using the option key.

you now should see 3 different disks to boot from, including your Macintosh HD, your newly created parition and the linux disk.

click on the linux disk.
tadaaaaaaaaaa
benlangdon
Apr 5, 2008, 01:33 AM
ha it works
just as you said
thank you

wow... linux is umm...
i was going to try and post this in ubuntu but the network wouldn't work.
its almost like a more technical windows
hotdamn
Apr 5, 2008, 02:01 AM
yeah, see, that's why I was asking why you need it, from the time I used it, it seemed like just one more factor to induce unnecessary headaches, in both usability and technical difficulty factor.
benlangdon
Apr 5, 2008, 03:14 AM
ya and i think the fans do not turn on because my comp was 160 f sitting their sleeping then restarted in os x and they turned on to 6k

so... ya.
w/e i do not have windows, ill try it