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Linux install will not detect HD on macbok pro
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<blockquote data-quote="voided3" data-source="post: 480921" data-attributes="member: 29663"><p>I personally use Ubuntu in a virtualbox VM on my MBP, but I have read quite a bit about people doing a full on dual boot of it and I believe you should partition it as empty space w/ boot camp instead of formatting it. Some Linux distros can run on FAT32, but not very well, and even if you're just making the partition in FAT32 so you can reformat it to an EXT filesystem later, it might still give you some trouble. Try using other distros since there could be an issue with a SATA driver loaded by default keeping it from seeing your disk at all. Something Debian based might be worth a shot like Gentoo, Mepis, or Ubuntu. Otherwise, check out the Ubuntu forums (<a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org" target="_blank">www.ubuntuforums.org</a>) and their subforum dedicated to Intel Macs. I know it is possible to get going but I do not have first hand experience with it since I run windows and linux in virtual machines on my MBP and leave the native installs for my desktop comps. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="voided3, post: 480921, member: 29663"] I personally use Ubuntu in a virtualbox VM on my MBP, but I have read quite a bit about people doing a full on dual boot of it and I believe you should partition it as empty space w/ boot camp instead of formatting it. Some Linux distros can run on FAT32, but not very well, and even if you're just making the partition in FAT32 so you can reformat it to an EXT filesystem later, it might still give you some trouble. Try using other distros since there could be an issue with a SATA driver loaded by default keeping it from seeing your disk at all. Something Debian based might be worth a shot like Gentoo, Mepis, or Ubuntu. Otherwise, check out the Ubuntu forums ([url]www.ubuntuforums.org[/url]) and their subforum dedicated to Intel Macs. I know it is possible to get going but I do not have first hand experience with it since I run windows and linux in virtual machines on my MBP and leave the native installs for my desktop comps. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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