Can I run Ubuntu (Linux) on the same iBook as I run Mac OS 10.4?
Can I run Ubuntu and Macc OS X on the same Mac? -I’d like to try Ubuntu ( http://ubuntulinux.org/ ), but I don’t have any experience with running multiple operative systems on a Mac.
Is it likely that I’ll loose my files? How do I setup Ubuntu and Mac OS X and have Mac OS X as standard? How do I select whitch one I’m to use on boot? Do I need an external harddrive to install Ubuntu? How much diskspace will Ubuntu 5.10 and Mac OS 10.4.3 use?
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The good news is that you can install Ubuntu Linux as they have a PowerPC version available, Macs can’t use the x86 version. Ubuntu and most Linux distros come with bootloaders which will allow you to dual boot OSX and the Linux distro, in this case Ubuntu. The Ubuntu installer should be able to partition and format your drive while keeping the OSX installation intact. Once you have installed Ubuntu you should be able to select from either Ubuntu or OSX to boot with. Ubuntu shouldn’t take more than 3GB for the install but you will want to give it at least a 10GB partition to work with.
I know next to nothing about dual booting a Mac but that is how it would work on Windows.
http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/
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