Ubuntu for example has a ton of how-to's on this exact thing. (I'm sure Apple would have some issues with that.) There are literally a bajillion how-to's out there though, just find one for your distro and do it step by step. PS: If I install Linux on a external USB hard drive can I plug it in any PC and will it detect it and boot up with Linux?Īs far as I know, there is no such thing right out of the box. I know you can install themes and stuff and a dock to make linux look like OSX but im kinda a linux newb and I dont know how to do all that stuff and ive read up on it and kinda seems like it takes alot of work. Use the sudo gdisk /dev/disk1 command, then press x, then n to create a new protective MBR, and to write the changes press w.I have been trying to search for a linux distro that looks like Mac OS X right out of the box or at least just with the mac look alike dock. With gdisk tool you can solve this problem. In PMBR contents should appear, otherwise if in contents says MBR Windows and Mac OS X will not boot. When you identify your USB drive uses sudo gpt show /dev/disk1 to identify the MBR is protective MBR appears something like: The USB drive can identify that as disk1. For Windows and Mac OS X run correctly is necessary that the drive where they are installed using protective MBR.Įnd of Mac OS X can use diskutil list to view the list of connected drives. It is possible that after installing Linux do not boot Windows and Mac OS X, may be because the MBR when installing Linux was affected. When installing Linux fails to install the bootloader ( GRUB) and that Mac is better rEFInd. Linux distributions that have been running well in Mac are Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali. You must create a partition on the USB drive of 1/3 of the total space.Īfter you install Mac OS X, the Disk Utility creates a new partition on the USB drive 1/3 should be in the file system Mac OS Extended (Journaled), that's where you will install the Mac OS X.įinally, install the Linux distribution you want. Make the USB drive boot WININSTALL recognize the USB drive to where you want to install Windows. Connect to your Mac the two USB drive, one of which is where Windows will install and the other is WININSTALL you created with the Boot Camp. Windows starts in your USB drive installed in the version you prefer (7, 8 or 10) using the Boot Camp Assistant creates a USB drive to install Windows. You can install rEFInd on the hard drive of your Mac or USB drive.

If you want to create the USB will use a Mac computer first have to install a bootloader, rEFInd is an excellent bootloader that supports Mac OS X (El Capitan), Windows and Linux.

There are unofficial distributions calls Hackintosh. The OS X is an operating system very jealous and hardly does boot on any computer that is not a Mac.

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