Is present on the hard disk or when a BIOS-bootable optical disk is Partition table that the popular libparted-based partitioning toolsĪs far as I can tell, BIOS emulation mode only works when a hybrid MBR Hybrid MBR, but depending on your partition layout, it can create a
Installer often gets it wrong it tries to be helpful by creating a Is that hybrid MBRs frequently cause problems. Which a GPT data structure known as the protective MBR isĪltered to make the disk look like an MBR disk to Windows. Therefore, Apple uses an ugly and dangerous
GPT disks on BIOS-based computers (which it thinks a Mac is thanks toĪpple's BIOS emulation). Table (GPT) rather than the more common Master Boot
Macintosh that are intended to enable it to boot Windows. Most of these guides, however, rely on features of the When installing Ubuntu Linux on an Intel-based Macintosh, most peopleįollow any of several guides available on the Internet, such as this Thus, you may need to deviate from these instructions on modern computers. I've tried to point these out, but I haven't fully researched better replacements, and I lack the modern hardware on which to test some of the better methods on more recent 64-bit Macs. Developments in the last year have rendered certain of the procedures on this page sub-optimal. Note: This page is written using a rather elderly 32-bit Mac Mini as a reference, and using Ubuntu 12.04 as a reference. Small donation to help keep this site up and running. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a Outside ads however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting doesĬost money.
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