[ubuntu] Macbook Pro 11,1 (2013 Haswell Retina)

[lichun1668]

This is the way my EFI boot order looks now:

oskar@oskar-MacBookPro:~$ sudo efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0080* Mac OS X
Boot0082*
BootFFFF*
oskar@oskar-MacBookPro:~$

Congratulations. If you want to dual boot via grub, you can follow the trick I found. It is in a post in this thread and also summaried in this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/Saucy

[oskar22m]

Already did that and it works just fine, now a new entry called MacOs shows up in my grub and I can boot with it. But what about the other two MacOs entries: MacOs 32bit and MacOs64bit .How could I remove them ? They don't even work. The screen just stays blank.


What should I do about the graphic card ? Do you have a suggestion ?

[lichun1668]

Already did that and it works just fine, now a new entry called MacOs shows up in my grub and I can boot with it. But what about the other two MacOs entries: MacOs 32bit and MacOs64bit .How could I remove them ? They don't even work. The screen just stays blank.


What should I do about the graphic card ? Do you have a suggestion ?

When you do "update-grub", it will go through the programs in /etc/grub.d/ to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg . The file 30_os-prober is responsible for probing other OSes. Try to add to /etc/default/grub this line:

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true

And then "sudo update-grub". If you had set default OS, you should change it accordingly. I have not tested this but let us know if this works.

I don't have the 11,3, which has a nVidia card. So I don't know how to address issues with it.

[oskar22m]

lichun1668, I figured out what the problem really was. Every time I write Ubuntu on my usb stick from Mac Os somehow it breaks up the partition table on that USB stick . I've tried to do it with a different usb stick but i end up in the same place .
Should I write Ubuntu on a usb stick from Linux and install from there alongside with Mac Os ?

[oskar22m]

When you do "update-grub", it will go through the programs in /etc/grub.d/ to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg . The file 30_os-prober is responsible for probing other OSes. Try to add to /etc/default/grub this line:

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true

And then "sudo update-grub". If you had set default OS, you should change it accordingly. I have not tested this but let us know if this works.

I don't have the 11,3, which has a nVidia card. So I don't know how to address issues with it.

Yes, it works ! Now when my Macbook boots i only have:
Ubuntu
Ubuntu more options
MacOs

Thank you

[lichun1668]

lichun1668, I figured out what the problem really was. Every time I write Ubuntu on my usb stick from Mac Os somehow it breaks up the partition table on that USB stick . I've tried to do it with a different usb stick but i end up in the same place .
Should I write Ubuntu on a usb stick from Linux and install from there alongside with Mac Os ?

If you used the dd command to write an iso image to the begining of a USB stick, you are copying faithfully, including the partition table for the image when the image was created. A BIOS partition table might be more "portable" to a new device (such as a USB stick), while a GPT partition table is probably more complicated. So the dd way of creating a USB boot stick is probably the culprit for the warning you saw about a corrupt GPT table. Despite that it seems your USB drive can boot and install Ubuntu successfully.

I don't know how to create a USB boot drive in MacOS without using dd. I created my USB boot drive in a Ubuntu machine using Startup Disk Creator.

I hope you enjoy your Ubuntu. I enjoy it a lot, especially on the mac with SSD and retina screen.

[oskar22m]

If you used the dd command to write an iso image to the begining of a USB stick, you are copying faithfully, including the partition table for the image when the image was created. A BIOS partition table might be more "portable" to a new device (such as a USB stick), while a GPT partition table is probably more complicated. So the dd way of creating a USB boot stick is probably the culprit for the warning you saw about a corrupt GPT table. Despite that it seems your USB drive can boot and install Ubuntu successfully.

I don't know how to create a USB boot drive in MacOS without using dd. I created my USB boot drive in a Ubuntu machine using Startup Disk Creator.

I hope you enjoy your Ubuntu. I enjoy it a lot, especially on the mac with SSD and retina screen.

Yes, Ubuntu works great and i love it. The only thing is that I like Linux Mint better. I moved to it when Ubuntu addopted the Unity.
I've tried installing Linux mint but I allways get this error "Cannot install grub to dummy" right before the installation finishes.
Do you know anything about this ?

[lichun1668]

Yes, Ubuntu works great and i love it. The only thing is that I like Linux Mint better. I moved to it when Ubuntu addopted the Unity.
I've tried installing Linux mint but I allways get this error "Cannot install grub to dummy" right before the installation finishes.
Do you know anything about this ?

I have never tried Mint and don't know anything about that error. I have been using gnome-classic (gnome-fallback without compiz) instead of Unity. This 13.10 is the first time I tried to live with Unity. I can live with it. If Canonical would become more like Apple, I would move away from it, maybe to Mint.

[lichun1668]

I just tested a USB ethernet adapter and it works with hot plug in and can automatically reconnect after suspend.

[oskar22m]

After using Ubuntu gnome fallback on my Macbook pro 11,3 I'm a bit disappointed in this os because programs crash for no reason from time to time .I also can't use gnome fallback with compiz(effects) because it lacks the ALT+TAB option.
I used to love Ubuntu up until 11.04 I think before they changed it.