Boot camp assistant lets you resize the Mac partition down a bit to make way for a "Windows" partition.
Then I inserted the Ubuntu installer CD and rebooted. Up comes the familiar Ubuntu installer.
The partitioner knows about MacOS and the only glitch was that the partition slider acts a little strangely. Nothing bad happened though.
As with my last install, it took a long time downloading language files for Australia but in the end it finished and my first reboot ended in a pretty crash.
In the end all is well and I can boot into either MacOS or Ubuntu by holding the Option key at boot. Choosing "Windows" gives me the Grub boot menu which I notice offers MacOS X (haven't tried booting that way yet).
Normally I run Linux on a netbook where it works nicely thankyou. Switching between MacOS and Ubuntu on the same hardware makes me appreciate what a polished OS MacOS is. It's silly, I know, but the fonts are just better on the Mac and that makes a difference to me.
Ubuntu on iMac for me doesn't reboot cleanly for some reason but otherwise things work, including my Bluetooth Magic Mouse (although no right-click or scroll).
Hi. I found your blog via Google.
ReplyDeleteI will buy an iMac 27" (200) this holidays and i want to do a triple-boot configuration with Mac OSX, Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I know that it is possible in the Mac mini (There are tutorials). Do you think i will have problems doing the same in de iMac?
At least i want to install Ubuntu if a triple-boot configuration it's not possible.
didnt you have to install rEFIt first?
ReplyDeleteNo, I didn't use rEFIt, I'm not sure what it would do for me.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, in the GRUB menu I see MacOS but it won't actually boot if chosen.
Thank you for this.
ReplyDeleteI was looking for a tutorial on installing Ubuntu 9.10 on a new iMac 27".
Could you please tell me which I cannot expect to work right after the install. Does LAN and sound work?
Also apart from partitioning with Boot camp did you do anything else in OS X before installing Ubuntu? LIke installing rEFIt?
Thank you?
Lan and sound both work.
ReplyDeleteI read some stuff about EFI but never installed or needed it.
Thank you a lot for that Peter.
ReplyDeleteI read many having problems getting that massive 2560 resolution.
Are you using the proprietary ATI driver? also did you try going back OSX and if it works?
Thanks heaps Peter.
No special driver. I'm getting 1920 x 1200 which is what a 24" iMac does, you lucky person with the 27" sorry can't help you there.
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that there's no sound. Bluetooth works (even to a Magic Mouse - with right click!).
No wireless device is showing.
Thanks again Peter. That helps a lot.
ReplyDeleteI hope I can get full resolution with ATI drivers.. I am guessing LAN is still working. No sounds could be a problem as I am going to use to the machine for Ubuntu..
Will comment back with my results.
Thanks Peter.
Yes, LAN is working!
ReplyDeletePlease do let us know how you go.
Did you manage to get the sound working ??
ReplyDeleteI am curious. drop me a line if you di d!
As for me I did not get sound working but I actually did not try harder. There seems to be a way to get it working with new ALSA drivers. But it doesn't work right out of installation. Basically everything else do.
ReplyDeleteSound is working. Solution here: http://mac.linux.be/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64&p=84#p84
ReplyDeleteSound working. Solution here: http://mac.linux.be/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64&p=84#p84
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks! I'll give that a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kaos2K. That seems simple enough.
ReplyDeleteman, good for you guys.. still not working on my imac24 !!! I tried all the possible models different in modprobe.
ReplyDeletearghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Ubuntu you suck!!
Julien, I know this is not the solution you are looking for, but how about you plug in a small USB-audio adapter? They are really cheap and I think it would work. I use one with a Gateway laptop. It came with Vista but I put XP on it and couldn't get sound to work. So I just plugged in one of those USB-adapters and worked without a problem. I love working on Ubuntu on the iMac.. For some reason Ubntu looks much better on it than Mac OS.. :-)
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