Fedora On MacBook Pro

Zoltan Kota zoltank at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 14:10:11 UTC 2010


On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Jon Hermansen <jon.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Bob Cochran <bcochran13 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> I don't even know if the MacBook Pro will show a BIOS screen.
>
> Apple provides BIOS emulation, but I'm not sure if it shows the POST output
> you're probably used to. This is how they made their EFI-based systems
> compatible with Windows XP 32-bit (which requires a BIOS).
>
> Linux can boot via native EFI _or_ BIOS emulation.
>
>>
>> Or if it will boot from USB or DVD.
>
>
> It will definitely (at least) boot from CD/DVD. Hold down the Option key
> immediately after you power on your Mac.


You may also find useful infos in search results for 'Macbook Pro
triple boot', for example. :-)

http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/triple-boot-fedora-on-macbook-pro-787458/

http://blog.christophersmart.com/2009/12/02/how-to-triple-boot-mac-pro-with-os-x-fedora-windows/

Zoltan


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