Group Adds Linux To Boot Camp
The open-source project that first came up with a way to dual-boot
an Intel-based Mac into either Mac OS X or Windows XP has published
instructions on how to add Linux to the mix.
"Triple Boot," as the OnMac.net Web site calls it, relies on the
newly-released Boot Camp, Apple Computer Inc.'s dual-boot utility
that created a major stir when it debuted two weeks ago.
The process is involved and not for the technically faint-of-heart,
as it "chainloads" Linux from an already-installed copy of Windows
XP using the "LILO" bootloader.
To get into Linux, users first boot the Mac into Windows XP, which
in turn activates other software, including LILO, from which they
can choose to run the open-source OS.
OnMac.net was established in January by Colin Nederkoorn, a
Houston, Texas man who solicited donations for a prize to be
awarded for the first Mac-Windows dual-boot solution for an Intel
Macintosh computer.
In mid-March, three weeks before Apple released its beta of Boot
Camp, Nederkoorn announced a solution, and awarded about $14,000 to
a pair of California developers.
Even though OnMac.net's work was superseded by Boot Camp,
Nederkoorn said he was interested in maintaining the site
The instructions on how to triple-boot an Intel Mac can be read on
the OnMac.net site. The process has been tested on a MacBook Pro,
Apple's Intel-based portable, but not on the Mac mini or iMac
models.
Download LILO
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