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1. Failed install ubuntu on virtualbox on mac how to#
2. Failed install ubuntu on virtualbox on mac upgrade#

Failed install ubuntu on virtualbox on mac how to#

So I can show you how to go about it, but your going to need to read and understand the map if you know what I mean.ġ: First backup your OS X data, clone the boot drive to a spare external with the free Carbon Copy Cloner (it's hold option bootable so you can get online and get help), because most likely your going to have to c boot off the Snow Leopard install disk to use Disk Utility to Erase/Format/Partition the boot drive and reinstall OS X Snow Leopard on one of the partitions.Ģ: Follow these directions for the partition scheme and installation of rEFIt a EFI based "program" to give you a bootloader to select which operating system you want to use, it's the easiest way as Apple's bootcamp won't help you with a Linux install (note you might not be able to make more than one partition while booted from the OS X on the boot drive, thus the c boot off the Snow Leopard install disk like I mentioned above, so backup your DATA!) I have a triple boot 15" MacBook Pro with Linux, OS X and Windows.

Virtualbox is easy, direct installing Linux is a different matter as it requires partitioning the boot drive.

Failed install ubuntu on virtualbox on mac upgrade#

So the object is to install Linux with older proven methods with a older version like 10.10 and then UPGRADE to 11.04 afterwards from within Linux. Well there isn't a whole lot of Mac > Linux users that technical with newer hardware. The problem with installing Linux is all the Mac issues need to be worked out and people who are more geeky need to do this.