[TriLUG] Linux on MacIntel: What's the best way?

[David W. Aquilina]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 09:40:25AM -0400, Lee Fickenscher wrote:
> I read some on this yesterday. It seems that Linux distros are having  
> trouble reading the partitions/partition table created by Boot Camp.  
> From what I read, the kernel on the boot CD loads, but the install  
> hangs trying to read the disk. I haven't tried any of this yet, as I  
> don't have an intel mac, but I'm very interested in hearing more on  
> the subject.

More likely than not the installer is expecting a disk with a MSDOS-style partition table, while the intel macs use a GPT-style partition table. 

Should be a relatively simple change for most installers, and I'm sure at least a couple distributions are already working on getting intel mac support in place.
 

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David W. Aquilina
david at starkindler.us