Linux on a mac classic install#

The latest version releases of Ubuntu no longer contain these types of special ISO files. Ubuntu used to release special ISO files for these early Mac models.

Linux on a mac classic install#

From my understanding, your Mac is one of the early models that can not install Ubuntu from DVDs created from standard Ubuntu ISO file releases.

This answer involves installing Ubuntu Server 14.04.5 from a DVD, then using the internet to upgrade to Ubuntu Server 16.04.3. So, all this being said, does anyone have any experience with such a thing using one or more of these methods? Any other methods I should consider?Īny and all feedback is greatly appreciated! I've also read that it's best to avoid the Mac's BIOS emulation mode whenever possible, but I'm not sure I fully understand this or its implications.

Using an image that has been modified to be bootable by my system as described here: (such as previous images that used to be available for older versions of Ubuntu for users on similar Macintosh systems).

Flashing the newer 2,1 EFI firmware to my board as described in this video:.

Following the tutorial found here: or something similar.

I've managed to boil things down to a few possible solutions: I know this question has been asked before on this forum and many others, but I haven't seemed to be able to come up with a straight enough answer in my research. I'm aware of the problems involved in booting 64-bit Ubuntu images on these machines because of the 32-bit EFI ROM on board, and I am trying to decide the best work around for my case. It is a Mac Pro 1,1 2x 2.66GHz Inel Xeon 5150s. My problem I'm having is that I have a first generation Mac Pro that I would like to set up as a Ubuntu server to host various services for myself. I'm new to this forum, but I've been a Ubuntu user since 12.04.