refers to booting more than one operating system on one computer.
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How to install Windows 7 Bootcamp using iso file (without USB/DVD)?
I have a MacBook Pro and I need to install Windows 7 besides Mac OS X so I can play games on it.
The problem is that I don't have a USB stick or DVD to copy the Win7 iso image like Bootcamp requires.
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What is the simplest way to dual-boot linux?
I am looking for the most straightforward way (both in initial setup and in maintenance) to set up a second partition on an OS X machine for (either) Debian or Ubuntu. I won't be running any other ...
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Installing Ubuntu Server on my MacBook without a CD
Trying to install Ubuntu server on my MacBook however the CD drive is not working. All the guides I have seen so far use the bootcamp process (same as for windows) to achieve this.
I currently have a ...
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How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?
I have a Mac with a Windows drive that I occasionally boot to. Most of the time, I'm using the Mac, and the Windows disk always mounts and shows up on the desktop. I would like to keep it from showing ...
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How do I install Linux on a late 2012 mac mini?
I installed a 2nd hard drive in my late 2012 mac mini. This hard disk had Mint Linux - 12 on it (Installed when it was in a different computer). Pressing the Option showed me two additional hard disks ...
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Windows and Ubuntu won't boot with optical drive disconnected
I set up my Macbook Pro (15" late 2008, if it matters) to quad-boot Lion, Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 12.04 (using rEFIt). Everything worked fine for a couple months. Then my optical drive ...
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Install Linux Mint on a dual-drive MacBook Pro with Windows and OS X
I have a Macbook Pro 13 mid-2012. It was shipped with a 500GB HDD, to which I added an additional SSD drive (128GB).
After installing my SSD in a caddy, thus replacing the optical drive, I installed a ...
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When starting up Windows 7 in Boot Camp, drivers sometimes load slowly?
I recently removed my Windows 7 32-bit installation from Boot Camp and instead installed Windows 7 64-bit, on my iMac mid-2010 21".
However, for some reason, every once in a while when I start up ...
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Can't boot into MacOS X and Boot Camp
This happen when I got home from school.
Early morning at school, I still perfectly use Windows in Macbook Pro (early 2011). So I did a hibernation before packing it up. Then when I was gonna use it ...
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Booting with specific netboot image automatically (commandline)
It try to figure out how to reboot a mac automatically with a sepcific netboot Image
via bless you can reboot the mac and let it bot from the default netboot image of a specified server. But as long ...