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Triple Boot on MacBooks Working

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the os-challenge dept.

MikeTheMan writes "By now, everyone probably heard that Apple's recently-released Boot Camp software allows users to install Windows XP alongside OS X. But now, people at OnMac.net have discovered how to triple-boot OS X, Windows XP, and Linux. There are instructions on the Wiki for getting Gentoo running, but it is probably trivial to get other distros working as well."

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  1. ... but does it run OS/2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    (or whatever other OS might be fashinable, *BSD, ...)

    1. Re:... but does it run OS/2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      *BSD, ...

      Yes, Mac OS X does run on the Mac Books Pro.

    2. Re:... but does it run OS/2? by apoc.famine · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, if they actually managed to get Gentoo working on it, it should indeed be "trivial to get other distros working as well." Hell, if they just finished compiling Gentoo, OS/2 was probably still in development when they started....

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  2. What a waste of money by Quick+Sick+Nick · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not going to buy a macbook until it can run all the major OSes and emulate Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2 and PS3. And it had to have a cell phone built in, as well as an iPod.

    And it has to have an awesome case mod too. Because products are never good the way they are released, we always have to mess with them!

  3. Re:Why boot linux here? by pdpTrojan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because OMG then u could be like "I am so free cuz i got teh linux on my computer... u all r micro$oft 'n apple slaves!!!"

  4. Boot windows by backslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    While you guys with macs are looking to boot into windows, I'm looking to boot windows OFF of my laptop.

    Sometimes I think I should be in comedy. Funny, yes i know.

  5. I, for one... by SheeEttin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new triple-booting overlords.

    1. Re:I, for one... by Agret · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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  6. Re:MacIntel - CHRP? by crunchly · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they might be close to finishing up Pink as well.

  7. Bad day for Linux gamers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This sucks. Now all of those Linux game developers will never port their games over to OS X. Instead, they'll just say, "Even though there is such high demand, we don't need to port Tux Racer to OS X. Just install Linux on your Mac." Son of a whore!

  8. Re:FAT32? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Last time I checked, writing was experimental, but it has worked flawlessly for me.

    This driver is at least 6 years old and they STILL haven't gotten stable writing to NTFS partitions working yet? Why is this so difficult? They could've written a dozen journaling filesystems in the amount of time it took to get the half-assed NTFS support implemented. Can't they just phone up Microsoft and get some tips on what they're having a problem with?

  9. MacIntel without OSX? by delire · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd be interested to know if it is possible to buy a MacIntel without OSX preinstalled.

    OSX doesn't fulfill my needs as a primary OS, but the CoreDuo Mac Mini has appeal as a low temperature SFF Linux box. If Apple do reach even half the market share they once had, I wonder if we'll be seeing an increase in demand for the hardware they distribute without the OS tax? Given that Asustek and Quanta make all of the Apple hardware, my next best bet is that Asus simply put out a blank SFF box with the same spec as the Mini.

  10. Solaris boots as well by soyle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris as well.