[sf-lug] Dual-booting #! Linux (Debian-based) and OS X on a MacBook Air

Larry Cafiero larry.cafiero at gmail.com
Sun Mar 31 19:28:41 PDT 2013


Nice work, Erik.


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Erik Schneider <eriktrips at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thought someone out there might be interested in, or know someone else
> interested in, a distilled account of a successful dual-boot install of
> Crunchbang Linux on a disk with an existing OS X Lion install, using the
> system EFI partition directly without the mediation of rEFIt or rEFInd.
>
> Two weeks ago I did not know what EFI was, really. :)
> I think I know a little bit more about it now.
>
> The story is long and aimed at Linux dilettantes such as myself, who are
> adventurous but unschooled. I put in more details than many Linux geeks
> might need, hoping that assembling the results of several googles would
> save someone else time.
>
> But so rather than clog up your inbox with it, I invite you to take a look
> at
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d89m3ze
>
> Comments are welcome, but please be kind. I'm just a humanities nerd with
> a technological itch, and I make no claims as to knowledge or method in any
> field whatsoever.
>
> Erik
>
>
> Erik JM Schneider
> blog.eriktrips.com
> onelastditch.com
> undia.gnosed.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sf-lug mailing list
> sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> Information about SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/attachments/20130331/1fa5fb61/attachment.html>


More information about the sf-lug mailing list