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"Most people today who want to run Linux on a Mac use the Compatibility Support Module (CSM), which provides BIOS emulation on the Mac. This method is messy, do
by Spoom 14y ago
"Most people today who want to run Linux on a Mac use the Compatibility Support Module (CSM), which provides BIOS emulation on the Mac. This method is messy, doesn't work that well, and I'm quite certain will fail miserably on Secure Boot Windows 8 PCs."
Am I missing something here, as I post this from Debian running on my work iMac? All I had to do was install rEFIt ( http://refit.sourceforge.net/ http://refit.sourceforge.net/ ), install Debian, and let rEFIt detect it (I forget if it involved manual configuration, been a while.)
I think this is much ado about nothing, especially given that Microsoft seems to be insisting that manufacturers leave in the option to turn off secure boot. I also thought Linux had the capability to boot off of UEFI; is this not true?
- jiggy2011 14y agoIt depends on the distribution. AFAIK you have to sign each version of the bootloader and for GPL related reasons you cannot do this with GRUB2 so Ubuntu are having to resort back to GRUB1. This means that whilst you may be able to run big "brand name" distributions like Ubuntu or RedHat on a secure boot PC more obscure distros might simply not work at all (unless you turn secure boot off).
- gizmo686 14y agoActually you are allowed to use grub2. The issue would be if you sell a device with grub2 pre-installed, and no way to install a user version. Also, the other distributions could simply use Ubuntu's signed bootloader (So could rootkits).
- doublextremevil 14y agoIs your iMac running Lion? When I upgraded from Snow Leopard, it borked my rEFIt ubuntu partition.