Help with understanding or diagnosis would be massively appreciated, let alone assistance with a solution. Is there some reason why Ubuntu won't co-exist with OS X? Is one EFI but the other not? eventually get refit for an automatic dualboot everytime you turn on the computer. insert ubuntu installation disc then reboot, install ubuntu alongside mac osx. get gparted or equivalent, burn it, insert it and reboot. Basically, you use the Mac Startup Manager, Etcher, and Grub. allocate desired amount of free space from disk utility. This method does not use rEFInd, unetbootin or the ubiquity -b option. The first one is to use default Ubuntu installer option where you use the entire drive. Is triple boot possible, with eg, rEFInd? ( Sources suggest it is with Bootcamp, too, but not in my experience.) I could re-install Ubuntu - is there a way of doing it without corrupting Bootcamp? How could I avoid losing Ubuntu again? There are two popular methods to install Ubuntu on your Macs external drive. But I have lost Ubuntu on the flash disk!Ĭan I get my Macbook to simply boot from USB, like any Windows laptop could, by setting that in the BIOS? I tried holding C, but the Macbook doesn't seem to find the flash disk Ubuntu. Now, booting with Option held down offers the Bootcamp menu, with OS X or Windows. Then behaviour changed again, possibly when I opened the Windows system tray Bootcamp assistant. This means the hybrid method of partitioning used with older Intel Macs is not employed. I tried holding Option while typing exit into GRUB but it just booted into Windows. The Boot Camp Assistant will install Windows 10 to UEFI boot on a 2015 MacBook. If I booted with the flash disk I got a Ubuntu menu that let me choose between Ubuntu and Windows. I assume booting into the flash Ubuntu put it there. If I booted without the flash disk I got the GRUB command line with a flashing cursor. Premièrement, tous les Macs ne sont pas capables de faire un dual-boot entre OS X et Ubuntu (ou même nimporte quel OS ), seulement une catégorie : les Macs. Ce tutoriel va vous permettre de réaliser un Dual-boot, voire un multi-boot, si le cur vous en dit, sur un MacBook et Macbook Pro.
If I booted without the flash disk I could hold Option, and could get into OS X. Installation dUbuntu avec OSX sur un Macbook. On the first few boots after this, I could boot with the Ubuntu flash disk in and it would offer a plain text (I assume GRUB) menu, which would enable me to choose between Ubuntu or Windows. But the installer also installed GRUB to the Macbook SSD (same happened to a colleague). I figured I could just boot from the USB when I needed Linux. With these methods in mind, switching from Windows to Mac. Basic steps: Use Disk Utility in OS X to partition your drive. Switching from Mac to Windows with Startup Disk. The best guide for triple-booting that I have read is at.
Select Windows (Boot Camp) as the default startup disk. Unlock System Preferences with an admin username and password. I then created a Ubuntu 14 installer flash drive, and installed Ubuntu 14 to another flash drive. Switching From Mac to Windows: Use Spotlight to search for and open the Startup Disk preference pane. I set Windows as the default in Bootcamp, but pressed Option when I wanted OS X. I installed Win 8.1 using Bootcamp in the standard way recommended by Apple. I have a Macbook Pro (mid 2014) and want to run OS X, Windows and Ubuntu.