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    Live cd's on Mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by waloshin, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. waloshin

    waloshin Notebook Consultant

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    I am not a noob with the pc world, but I will say i am a noob when it comes to the Mac world. So can you run live cd's just like in a normal pc? Such as gparted, knoppix, ubuntu...

    Or does Apple lock down their hardware, so you can't do that?

    And why can't you see the post menu when to turn on your mac, and can you see and edit the bios?

    Thanks
     
    waloshin, Dec 9, 2008
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  2. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Macs dont use BIOS, they use EFI. You can use a live CD if you want, hold the option key as you boot for a choice of what to boot. I'm currently triple booting Ubuntu/XP/Leopard on the latest MacBook.
     
    Lysander, Dec 9, 2008
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