first time i post here, hi everyone : ) i run linux on my mbp, it's not self-evident, i spent quite some time setting up my machine, don't know whether things changed with the unibody mbp, but i wouldn't think the situation is any better with it. your problems for pure:dyne: - livecd doesn't work (hangs on my machine anyway) - macs don't boot off usb
however, you can install debian from a cd (just download from debian.org, there is lots of documentation online) and afterwards install the pure:dyne packages, which i did. packages are the debian way of installing software. the pure kernel doesn't work however, i'm on debian lenny vanilla kernel. - a kernel is the core of the OS so to keep it short, running pure:dyne is not that easy on an mbp (especially single boot) it would be much easier to install ubuntu, there is lots of documentation online. btw does anybody have a working RT kernel for mbp (3.1)? i'm about to compile one myself, but as a noob it's very daunting. anyone please correct me if things have changed, i'd be dlighted : ) best isjtar Ricardo . wrote: > Hi Andres! > > Ok, I understand the problem =) I think you should be able to do > the whole process using puredyne's own liveCD/DVD. You didn't answer > if you were able to boot into it in your macbook, could you? puredyne > will only run on macbooks with intel processor, I hope that's yours. > AFAIK, one must simply hold the option button at startup and a Windows > Option will appear, dummerweise that's the one. > So, first about partitioning the drive. GUI stands for Graphical > User Interface, it's the user-friendly method. You need the app > gparted for that. It's not pre-installed on the puredyne liveCD. You > could do that with something like an Ubuntu LiveCD, but you can as > well install it running your puredyne liveCD. You need the > command-line for that, thought. Open a terminal, do 'apt-get update ' > (without quotes) and after that 'apt-get install gparted'. Just > confirm and it will download the programm and install it (internet > must be working). Now plug-in your usb-drive and you can proceed > following the instructions on the website, just run gparted from the > command-line. On linux, all devices are listed in the /dev directory. > Here, for example, my usb-drive is represented as /dev/sdc1 (in some > systems it could show up as /dev/hdc1 instead), where sd stands for > drives (SCSI/SATA), c means it's the third drive available (I also > have two hard-disks, the first sda, the second sdb) and '1' is the > partition number. You need to select the correct drive inside gparted > (if you only have one hard-disk, the pen-drive is called probably > /deb/sdb). The drive's size will be a good hint about the correct device. > Ok, after partitioning let's go to the last step. I'd choose > the syslinux method, since you have neither windows nor linux > installed (I don't think there's a version for unetbootin for OSX, and > anyway I have never used this method). The commands are quite > different then those listed at the website, cause you will be copying > the files from your already running liveCD. I've never done it this > way, but it should work. Just copy and paste following commands on a > terminal, one at a time (so you don't leave out, for example, the last > dot on the ninth command (mv isolinux/* . ). Oh yes, and where it says > /dev/sdb replace with you device name, but it will probably be > /dev/sdb anyway. > > cd ~ > sudo /sbin/lilo -M /dev/sdb > mkdir usb > sudo mount /dev/sdb1 usb > sudo cp -rv /live/image/* usb > cd usb > mv isolinux/* . > sudo rm -rf isolinux/ > sudo sed -i 's/\/isolinux//g' *.cfg > sudo sed -i 's/\/isolinux//g' *.txt > sudo mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg > sudo mv isolinux.bin syslinux.bin > cd .. > sudo umount usb > syslinux /dev/sdb1 > rm -rf iso usb > > > Fertig! I know, it seems complicated for those who have never > used command-line, but the next pure:dyne version will come with tools > that will automate the process, as far as I have understood. I always > advise people interested in computers to learn command-line, that's > useful in all systems. Like mentioned earlier, the commands for osx > and linux are ver similar, than both are UNIX derivates. > Please ask if you have any problems. Anyway, I think you > should insist on this linux thing, it's really important to spread > free software between students, artists and such. I'm doing the same > here in Brazil and have been quite succeful, in a long term it will > make a big change on the technology and knowledge democratizing in > those countries. > > Ricardo > > > 2009/9/13 Andres Leon-Geyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Thank you, RIcardo, for the fast anwer. > > On the page you told me is written: > > "Prepare the keyCreate partition and filesystem > Using a GUI (Recommended method)" > > what is this? getting into, it tells me "In a terminal type" Which > terminal, dont I need linux for that? which I dont have and dont > know yet how to install on my lap. tried bootcamp, refit, refit > booting worked once, but no the system, now even that > > "Command line method" - also are commands which are chinese to me. > Ok, if you tell me what chinese signs I should write i can do it, > but where on? > > "Install and configure the liveUSB > Now that your key is ready" ha, isnt! ", we can copy the right > files to it and install the bootloader. Assuming the key is > already plugged, that its device is /dev/sdb and that we want to > put the live system on the first partition. > > Using unetbootin (the easy way)": runs on linux and windows, not mac > "Download unetbootin from sourceforge. > http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net > <http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net> This is the easiest way for > creating a live usb, with one mouseclick. > > Using syslinux" > ok, here we are again. > > so i'm kind of stucked. Can you help me? I feel I'm in the state > of knowledge where you cant tell me "go to the Eiffel tower", feel > like you have to tell me "look for the sign saying metro, walk > down, take the blue metro line, get off at station Eiffel tower - > walk up...." Sorry > > thanx for any help > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #puredyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #puredyne
