[CoLoCo] Converting iMac's to Ubuntu 12.04

[Diane Leikvold]

Hi Anthony, I tried to call you yesterday, but was unable to get through.
 Is there another phone number i can reach you with?


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Anthony Zotti <zottianthony at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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