[LAU] [OT-ish]: Live Distro for Mac Book Pros

[S. Massy]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 05:58:03PM +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I've done a first general workshop on Linux, FLOSS etc. as training
> conservatoire activity. A second one will be more of a a demo/tutorial
> with focus on audio/multimedia, I'd like it to also be hands-on. So my
> idea was to take a bunch of "audio-ready" live distro discs.
> Surprise surprise... most of the attendees will have a mac book pro, so
> workability on this platform is desired (sigh!)
Unfortunately, I don't think Macs will boot a Linux LiveCD. :( At least,
on my Mac Mini, I had to replace the mac EFI loader with rEFIt (an open
alternative) before I could boot any other OS. Perhaps this state of
affair has changed, or perhaps someone has found a way to fool Mac's EFI
loader into thinking it's booting Mac OS...

Good luck.

Cheers,
S.M.


> 
> My two candidates are puredyne and AVLinux. The first in particular
> comes with Pure Data which I would like to use. Both worked without a
> glitch on my HP laptop (apart the fact I couldn't figure out how to get
> the 3rd level keyboard modifier in puredyne (AltGr on Italian keyboard)).
> On a mac laptop I was able to test puredyne halts and drops to a console
> while booting. AVLinux starts although wifi is not there. Probably I
> could go with AVLinux and put the Pure Data and required packages on a
> USB stick.
> 
> I haven't tested it  but if wifi worked ok we might start with vanilla
> ubuntu and pull the desired packages, but I fear that would take away
> too much time, although instructive about the installation procedure.
> 
> Anyway I'd be happy to hear more advice hints, as I have no real
> experience about running linux (live or installed) on macs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo.
> 

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