Hi Scott Yes I had discovered this site and have been going through everything.. I am slowly making some progress. Also from the other online info I have so far been able to create a bootable USB with Mint linux on it ready to install.I just rebooted and finally was able to see this USB and it loaded Grub and was ready to proceed. I first need to get rEFInd set up and working which will hopefully happen tomorrow. I already have 1 Linux partition and a swap partition configured. If I can get this to happen at least once.. Look out lol.
Slow and steady wins the race > On Jul 13, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Scott Murphy <scott.mur...@arrow-eye.com> wrote: > > I’m hoping you ran across the instructions for rEFInd on Rod’s site: > https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html > <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html> > > There is a section on getting it to work on macs with and without the SIP. > Since you mentioned Sierra, you should use these instructions: > https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html > <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html> > > You will need to repartition your hard drive though, as there is no place to > install an additional bootable OS. You should dedicate a partition to each OS > just to keep things clean. Assuming you have lots of free space, decide how > much you want to keep for macOS and then add partitions that are the size you > want to use for as many Linux installs you want to play with. If you have a > GPT disk, it supports 256 partitions, so you are probably safe. > > Make sure you leave some free space on your mac partition or you may have > issues with available space if you boot into macOS. > > Assume you will be using at least 20GB/Linux install. > > Make a backup before you start playing. Use something like SuperDuper or > CarbonCopy Cloner to make a bootable image on an external USB drive. You can > always boot from that later and it can act as a source for a restore. > > Have fun! > >> On Jul 12, 2019, at 11:18 PM, Steve Miles <steve.mi...@icloud.com >> <mailto:steve.mi...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> I have set it up with the ram maxed out >> >> Steve Miles >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 12, 2019, at 12:14 PM, J C Nash <profjcn...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:profjcn...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Steve, Since you have lots of disk and a fair bit of RAM, does >>> increasing the RAM for the VM help. I've found a small RAM for >>> the guest slows things down quite a bit. Also, of course, running >>> multiple VM guests and/or host activity at same time. >>> >>> Best, JN >>> >>> >>>> On 2019-07-12 11:45 a.m., Steve Miles wrote: >>>> Greetings fellow members, >>>> >>>> I am new at discovering Linux and want to learn a lot more. >>>> >>>> I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Sierra. 8 GB ram and tons of hard >>>> drive space >>>> >>>> I have been able to get mint and ubuntu installed in a virtual box but it >>>> works sluggishly since the computer is sharing CPU etc with 2 operating >>>> systems. >>>> >>>> I would like to have the ability to multi boot and choose which operating >>>> system installs on its own. I have explored Refind as a multi boot option >>>> but cannot get it to work for whatever reason. >>>> >>>> I have looked at a ton of web sites and youtube videos to no avail. >>>> >>>> Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated if anyone has experience with >>>> a Mac mini. >>>> >>>> Steve the Linux Newbie >>>> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >>>> <mailto:linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org> >>>> To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >>>> <mailto:linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org> >>>> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >>>> <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >>> <mailto:linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org> >>> To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >>> <mailto:linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org> >>> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >>> <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >> <mailto:linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org> >> To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >> <mailto:linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org> >> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >> <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >> >
