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Installing Linux Help - Macbook Pro 2016-03-11 19:51:03 Post No. 76775
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Installing Linux Help - Macbook Pro Anonymous 2016-03-11 19:51:03 Post No. 76775 [Report]
Hey people.
Okay, so I've been trying to figure this out all day. Now I'm coming to you guys for help. I'm trying to help a friend salvage his macbook pro. It wouldn't start and the fan would run on high. Safeboot, NVRAM dump, and a SCM reset later I got it to turn on and save his data. Now, I'm pretty sure its his HD, but it could be the sata controller.
Since I've saved the data, he's okay with Linux being on the machine. I tried to swap the HD for a different one, realizing that the Mac OSX installation I have won't exactly work because the firmware in the swapped HD is different. (Apple, amirite?) Instead if I tried to partition the disk, I got a disk failure and couldn't get it to recognize the HD anymore.
I made a Ubuntu boot USB using multiboot, but the Mac isn't recognizing it in the boot options.
So I'm now I'm kinda lost. Could I get a little bit of help? I can give any extra info needed.
Thanks in advance!
Pic unrelated: Friday afternoon lunch.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 00:22:22 Post No.76900
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 00:22:22 Post No.76900 [Report]
>>76775
You need to format the disk GPT and boot Linux using EFI.

Or, y'know, download an OSX rescue disk and have a working Unix system with full hardware support in less than five minutes' effort.

Ask yourself if it actually needs Linux, or if you're just installing it to be cool.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:10:23 Post No.76969
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:10:23 Post No.76969 [Report]
>>76900
Everyone needs GNU/Linux because everyone needs to be free.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:22:30 Post No.76983
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>>76969
Everyone has freedom just because Linux exists.

You can use a decent OS, and still have the freedom to replace it with Linux.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:24:43 Post No.76987
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:24:43 Post No.76987 [Report]
>>76983
Not gonna argue in a non /g/ thread but that's simply wrong. You don't have freedom until you choose a free operating system.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:30:11 Post No.76995
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:30:11 Post No.76995 [Report]
>>76987
Yes you do.

The only way your freedom could be taken away is if installing OSX or Windows prevented you from later installing Linux, which is not the case.
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:30:48 Post No.76996
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:30:48 Post No.76996 [Report]
>>76995
Muh right to slavery
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:32:55 Post No.77000
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Anonymous 2016-03-12 02:32:55 Post No.77000 [Report]
>>76996
Sure.

Example: S&M. Legally, you're free to be a sexual slave, long as it's consensual.
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