[CoLoCo] Converting iMac's to Ubuntu 12.04

[Anthony Zotti]

You bet. I can certainly help with cable pulls, etc. You name it, I'm down.
Just try to give me some notice so I can schedule accordingly.


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Diane Leikvold <
dleikvold at longmontchristian.org> wrote:

> David, Anthony,
> Thanks for the replies.  I created a 12.04 CD and it booted fine from
> that, so I'll use that to install.  Are there any special drivers that I
> need to be aware of for MAC or should it be straight forward?
>
> As for help Anthony, we'll definitely keep you in mind.  We're looking for
> extra help since we have a lot to do and a potentially short timeline.
>  Hopefully we'll hit the ground running in the beginning of August and it
> will probably be evening hours since Kurt (my husband) will be working
> after hours himself.  We have a few long cable pulls along with making a
> lot of short cables for rooms.  We are also looking at installing wireless
> in the building, so we have our work cut out for us.
>
> Thanks to both of you,
>
> Diane.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:02 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Anthony is right - rEFIT is the way to go.  However, I'm not sure it's
>> necessary anymore ( especially if you plan on booting only Ubuntu ).... I'm
>> no EFI expert, but there should be support for that now on 13.04.  The
>> other S76 guys would know better though...
>>
>> I found this as well in case that helps:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Intel_iMac
>>
>> More information on rEFIT here:
>> http://refit.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Anthony Zotti <zottianthony at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> While the only experience I have was on significantly different
>>> hardware, I was able to install Ubuntu on the 2012 MBP using Refit. It is
>>> free as in beer and worked quite well.
>>>
>>> While I am at it, Diane, I am happy to offer my time to volunteer if you
>>> have any needs that I can help with. Probably best if you have networking,
>>> simple admin stuff that can be done off hours as I'm probably a little too
>>> far on the 'tattooed white trash' end of the spectrum but, it may be a
>>> win/win as I seek to gain chops on some larger networks.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>> On Jul 25, 2013 1:53 PM, "Diane Leikvold" <
>>> dleikvold at longmontchristian.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Diane here, thru the purchase of our new building for LCS school, we
>>>> are inheriting 31 iMac5's.  I am interested in converting them over to
>>>> Ubuntu.  We have found some documentation (
>>>> http://tech-devnet.blogspot.de/2012/05/running-ubuntu-1204-on-mac.html)  and
>>>> it looks a little more complicated than converting a pc.  Does anyone out
>>>> there have experience, tips or tricks in converting Mac's to Ubuntu 12.04?
>>>>
>>>> Specs for 17-inch  iMac5,1  (Late 2006)
>>>> Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM
>>>> Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Diane
>>>>
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