Is it possible to dual boot OSX/Linux.

I have a Early 2011 Macbook Pro 13-inch. 2.7 Ghz i7. 8GB RAM. Intel HD 3000 512mb.
Also if you can is there any detailed/in-depth tutorials out there?
BTW I'm running Mountain Lion.

First of all, what Linux distribution do you want to install? The easiest and the most recommended is Ubuntu, that has got a lot of information about how to install it on Macs. See this website to check what Ubuntu version you can use > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
To install Ubuntu, see > http://tech-devnet.blogspot.de/2012/05/running-ubuntu-1204-on-mac.html

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  • Dual Boot OSX Tiger 10.4.8 and OSX Tiger 10.4.8 Server

    I would like to know how I could have 1 hard drive with 2 Volumes. One running Tiger and one running Tiger Server. I would like to use it to test my applications to make sure that what I'm developing in Tiger will also work find in Server.
    Is this possible? And how would I choose between the two?
    Also similar topic, but if I was to become ADC and get Leopard would I would be able to dual boot 10.4.8 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard and 10.4.8 Tiger Server on the same hard drive with three different Volumes?

    I'm not familiar with the Tiger Server software/requirements but you can certainly partition the hard drive into two partitions each with a boot volume.
    To choose between the two, you can make use of the Startup Manager to choose the startup or boot volume when starting up or restarting the computer.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178
    Also similar topic, but if I was to become ADC and get Leopard
    would I would be able to dual boot 10.4.8 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard
    and 10.4.8 Tiger Server on the same hard drive with three
    different Volumes?
    Again not sure about the Tiger Server software but definitely with Leopard and Tiger.

  • GE70 dual booting with linux

    Has anyone installed linux as a dual booting OS on their MSI laptop?  I've gone through a lot of stuff online to try and install, but the UEFI isn't recognizing anything I have as far as live booting dvd or usb.  I've turned off secure boot and fast boot.  I can get it to boot off the disk/usb in Legacy mode, but if I install from there it installs as MBR which can cause problems.  If anyone's had success, please, let me know.
    Thanks!
    B

    If the laptop came with Win 8 pre installed then bios is set to UEFI, a new measure made by Microsoft to ensure nobody tries to boot other system rather than windows. The only way to boot a linux is to change bios to Legacy and then try to boot, after that, to boot windows you have to change that setting again, so not very efficient really.
    My advice is to reinstall windows but in Legacy mode, there is software on the internet to check your windows key and reinstall.
    All in all, while you have Windows in UEFI mode forget about dual booting, reinstall windows on Legacy or just erase it and go for linux.

  • Dual booting to Linux Ubuntu (and other distros)

    Has anyone got some instructions on how to create a dual boot environment on the GT72 Dominator Pro.
    I have attempted it, but it failed to read the linux usb EVERY.TIME.
    Thanks!

    There are plenty of websites showing you how to do the installation.
    http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Dual-boot-Linux-and-Windows-on-a-PC-with-W/
    Try to google around and note that you'll also have to search for the drivers since MSI notebooks doesn't support linux system.

  • Anyway to dual boot either Linux and Mac OS X?

    Is there a way to dual boot Ubuntu and Mac OS X similar to Boot Camp?

    Here's where you start.
    As an alternative you can purchase either Parallels Desktop for Mac or VM Fusion which provide virtual machines in which you can run various operating systems concurrently with OS X. Both products run various versions of Windows, Linux, and Unix.

  • XP on shipped T400 under Windows 7 Professional Downgrade Rights- Possible to Dual Boot?

    I just received the laptop, and booted Windows XP, all configured and such. I then created recovery discs using the Lenovo utility. If I boot from these discs, will they give the option of installing Windows 7 in a separate partition and dual booting?
    If no option is given to dual boot, then will discs allow installation of Windows 7, clean install, over the XP partition?
    Also, I apologize in advance if I have missed a thread that directly addresses this question. Please direct me to it.
    Thanks!
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Confederate wrote:
    To answer your questions:
    >>If I boot from these discs, will they give the option of installing Windows 7 in a separate partition and dual booting?
     No, the recovery disks will restore Windows XP on the system. Lenovo doesn't support DualBoot configs.
    >If no option is given to dual boot, then will discs allow installation of Windows 7, clean install, over the XP partition?
    A clean install infers a format of the hard drive.
    I have written a clean install doc for Windows 7 that should be posted in the next day or so.
    Terry
    Lenovo Win 7 dev team
    Lenovo Enterprise Systems Expert.
    Thanks. I will look for it. I believe you have answered my question.

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