Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Boot camp question Date: 22 Aug 2015 04:05:02 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net czQzQHwwdh7CTaDOBmakBwKOYjnRbzWnrJr+3pdzZCQEUuOYG3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:809ztCfORSYIWsi0ip3O0Uh/zW4= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:78747 On 2015-08-22, Ken Springer wrote: > On 8/21/15 7:05 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2015-08-22, Ken Springer wrote: >>> Hope this is the right group for my question... >>> >>> I've never used Boot Camp, so zero experience here. >>> >>> Are you limited to Windows OS only in Boot Camp? >>> >>> The reason I ask, I'd like to try out some Linux Live CD's, and some >>> simply won't boot in this iMac. I'm just wondering if there might be >>> something different "under the hood" when using Boot Camp than when >>> booting from the Live CD. >>> >>> FWIW, not all Live CD's run on every piece of hardware that's out their >>> either. Some seem to run better on newer hardware, some on older hardware. >> >> Personally, I wouldn't bother with BootCamp when VirtualBox is free: >> >> >> >> Running an OS in a virtual machine is *much* preferable, since it >> doesn't require a restart and allows you to have maximum flexibility. > > I've got Parallels Desktop installed, but what I've learned there is > some things don't always work. And often the VM uses different keyboard > shortcuts or configuration options to get things to work as intended in > the Guest OS. True. > I'm looking for a way to run the OS the same way it would be as if it > were installed as an alternative OS. > > As an example, I burned the latest version of Damned Small Linux. It > won't successfully boot on the 5.5 year old iMac, or a 3 year old > homegrown Windows computer. But it has no problem booting on an old > homegrown Windows machine with a motherboard that is at least 10 years > old in design. > > This type of thing, where the Linux distribution is small in size, seems > to be the way it is. > Don't take this as a complaint about Linux, I suspect what's happening > is within the design parameters. > > I'm just hoping to find a way to use the Mac in this type of situation > in order to avoid having to turn another computer on. > > And, learn something about Boot Camp! LOL It's mostly about the EFI interface, right? -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR