Hi, It's been a long while since I have visited BLU mail. After viewing the discussion on Self Sovereignty, I regret missing all of the excellent discussions within the group.
I have a 2012 I Mac that runs OS X Sierra. I never really used it so I decided to load linux on it. I am unfamiliar with OS X. Being lazy, dumb, and in a hurry, I assumed that it would install just like it would on a PC. I did a few quick searches for how tos on the internet and followed the information provided to install Ubuntu 20.4 from a usb stick. Unfortunately, it did not work and in the process I installed linux on the entire system erasing OS X. After the fact, I searched a little harder and discovered that the partition tables are completely different between systems. Which is the likely cause of the problem. I tried and failed to restore OS X using the command -R key on boot so I imagine that I can not restore OS X. If I could I would be able to eliminate the white screen that I get on boot from grub. I could also use it to properly format the USB stick before loading ubuntu. I would be eternally grateful if someone can provide some positive advice. Do you think it would help to use a linux USB stick to reformat the hard drive prior to installing Ubuntu. Does the ubuntu install come with gparted? Thanks in advance for your help, Jay _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
