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lensilvan

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Registered: 2012-02-05

Posts: 3

Arch Linux boot on an Apple Macbook 5.2

Hi,
I have a Macbook 5.2 from 2009 which is waiting for Arch to be installed in dual-boot with Mac OS X. I have carefully read the wiki about macbook : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Macbook5,2
I have already partitioned my drive with gparted and created a /dev/sda3 ext4 home partition and a /dev/sda4 swap partition, and installed rEFIT.

However I still have many questions. I wonder which booting scheme to choose, an EFI scheme rather than a BIOS-compatible hybrid mbr since I've heard that nvidia drivers don't work with EFI. Also, which scheme seems the best for beginners-intermediate users and fast to create since I don't know very much about  GPT,  EFI and Apple hardware in general?
Then, should I use Grub2 (of course installed in /dev/sda3) with rEFIT, or just Grub2?

Regards,

lensilvan

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Registered: 2012-02-05

Posts: 3

Re: Arch Linux boot on an Apple Macbook 5.2

Somebody knows?

lensilvan

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Registered: 2012-02-05

Posts: 3

Re: Arch Linux boot on an Apple Macbook 5.2

Well. Thank you very much for your very useful nonexistent help. How friendly you are to new users.

Last edited by lensilvan (2013-03-28 12:57:28)