How TO: Install Ubuntu on a MacBook
1. First, update MacOS X to the latest version using [WWW] Software Update and upgrade the [WWW] firmware to the latest version.
2. Use the [WWW] Boot Camp to partition the drive in two. When asked whether to create a driver disk, answer "no" and click on "reboot" at the end of the process. This way you have a shrunk Mac OS X partition and a windows partition which you will replace with some Linux partitions.
3. Get the [WWW] Live CD and boot on it. Choose your language and/or keymap.
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(!) To prevent a kernel panic which might occasionally occur, press F6 and enter one of the following parameters at the boot: prompt:
lpj=8000000 (for 2 GHz MacBook) or lpj=7330000 (for 1.83 GHz MacBook)
N.B.: It will automatically be applied to the installed system so you won’t have to enter it manually ever again!
(note: on mine, it didnt put it in and my system was crashing, so make sure to check your grub setup after install.||
* Select Start or install Ubuntu.
1. To install Ubuntu, double-click Install on your desktop, then click through the installer as usual. The defaults are fine most of the time. For the default partition scheme, follow these steps:
* At step 4, "Prepare disk space", choose Manually edit partition table and click Forward. Delete /dev/sda3 (and /dev/sda4 if it exists) from /dev/sda. Create an ext3 partition taking up all but 512MB of the disk and mount it on /, and create a swap partition taking up the remaining 512MB. Click Forward.
1. Continue through the remaining questions, and finally click Install to start the installation process.
2. The installation will be completed without an error. Choose Restart now to reboot.
3. Hold down the Alt/Option key at boot time to select the operating system to boot. To boot Linux, choose "Windows" (yes, really).
1. Log in on your system. Now let’s fix it up. Proceed to the "Common" section below. MacBook - Community Ubuntu Documentation