Comments on: Ubuntu on the MacBook Pro: Physical, Virtual, or Both?! http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/ Precipitous Ruminations and Judicious Oxymorons by L. Taylor Banks Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:50:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Edward http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-5676 Edward Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:32:17 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-5676 Thanks for the write up. I'm trying with one of the new all-aluminum Macbooks. I follow all the directions and I tell VMWare fusion to boot the newly minted virtual machine and all I get is an attempt to boot off the network, which inevitably fails. Basically, I think something isn't pointing to the right place. Anyone else run into this? Thanks. Thanks for the write up. I’m trying with one of the new all-aluminum Macbooks. I follow all the directions and I tell VMWare fusion to boot the newly minted virtual machine and all I get is an attempt to boot off the network, which inevitably fails. Basically, I think something isn’t pointing to the right place. Anyone else run into this? Thanks.

]]> By: Nigel Simpson http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-4500 Nigel Simpson Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:27:46 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-4500 Thank you for writing this extremely helpful article, Taylor! There's a minor error in the instructions. In VMware Fusion 2.0, when you use vmware-rawdiskCreator to create the raw disk mapping, if you specify the .vmdk file extension then it creates a disk file with the vmdk extension duplicated: xxx.vmdk.vmdk. So the correct command should omit the .vmdk extension: ./vmware-rawdiskCreator create /dev/disk0 X /path.to/Ubuntu.vmwarevm/rdm ide Thanks again! Thank you for writing this extremely helpful article, Taylor!

There’s a minor error in the instructions. In VMware Fusion 2.0, when you use vmware-rawdiskCreator to create the raw disk mapping, if you specify the .vmdk file extension then it creates a disk file with the vmdk extension duplicated: xxx.vmdk.vmdk. So the correct command should omit the .vmdk extension:

./vmware-rawdiskCreator create /dev/disk0 X /path.to/Ubuntu.vmwarevm/rdm ide

Thanks again!

]]> By: PointZero http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-913 PointZero Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:13:44 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-913 When I issued the 'vmware-rawdiskCreator print' command, it listed my Linux partition as 'HFS+'. When I continued with the rest of the steps, after starting the Linux Virtual Machine in VMware Fusion, I would get to the grub shell and then not be able to continue. This is what I had to do to get it working: - Reboot MacBook Pro - At the rEFit screen, invoke the Partitioning Tools - The Partitioning Tools will suggest that the partition mentioned above should be labeled as 'Linux' - Accept the suggestion - Boot into OS X - Remove any files that were previously created by vmware-rawdiskCreator - Repeat the steps provided by taylor I was then able to start the Linux Virtual Machine successfully. Just FYI, I am using Fedora 8 64-bit. When I issued the ‘vmware-rawdiskCreator print’ command, it listed my Linux partition as ‘HFS+’. When I continued with the rest of the steps, after starting the Linux Virtual Machine in VMware Fusion, I would get to the grub shell and then not be able to continue.

This is what I had to do to get it working:
- Reboot MacBook Pro
- At the rEFit screen, invoke the Partitioning Tools
- The Partitioning Tools will suggest that the partition mentioned above should be labeled as ‘Linux’
- Accept the suggestion
- Boot into OS X
- Remove any files that were previously created by vmware-rawdiskCreator
- Repeat the steps provided by taylor

I was then able to start the Linux Virtual Machine successfully. Just FYI, I am using Fedora 8 64-bit.

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]]> By: Bruce Wong http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Bruce Wong Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:28:28 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-702 When I bought my macbook the first thing I did was dual boot XP, I found myself in XP way more than on OSX, On my desktop Vaio I ran Dual boot Ubuntu and Vista. After a while of thinking I scrapped both XP and OSX and now I use the macbook exclusively for Ubuntu, Its way better than both other OS combined, and makes me feel better about spending so much on a grossly over priced and underpowered macbook. When I bought my macbook the first thing I did was dual boot XP, I found myself in XP way more than on OSX, On my desktop Vaio I ran Dual boot Ubuntu and Vista.

After a while of thinking I scrapped both XP and OSX and now I use the macbook exclusively for Ubuntu, Its way better than both other OS combined, and makes me feel better about spending so much on a grossly over priced and underpowered macbook.

]]> By: jtw http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-660 jtw Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:20:34 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-660 This doesnt work for me...when launching the VM I just get a black screen ... I've done and redone this and confirmed the rdm.vmdk file is in the package. Trying to boot off of my Ubuntu partition into the VM This doesnt work for me…when launching the VM I just get a black screen … I’ve done and redone this and confirmed the rdm.vmdk file is in the package. Trying to boot off of my Ubuntu partition into the VM

]]> By: Dustin Davis http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Dustin Davis Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:57:17 +0000 http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-on-the-macbook-pro-physical-virtual-or-both/#comment-551 Thanks for the walkthrough! this is exactly what I was looking forward to doing. Thanks for the walkthrough! this is exactly what I was looking forward to doing.

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