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chrome os/jolicloud dualboot

  • 28-12-2009 1:16am
    #1
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭


    how would one go about dualbooting chrome os or jolicloud along side leopard on a macbook

    any help is greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    john__long
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭john__long


    I'd recommend using rEFIt as a boot loader.

    Something similar to this I'd imagine.

    http://lifehacker.com/5186816/install-ubuntu-on-a-white-macbook

    Jolicloud is all web apps. It'll annoy the hell outta you in 15 mins.


  • #3
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    cheers.

    well jolicloud has some offlne apps - chrome os has none.

    but i want them for times when i want to be on a website from startup really really fast.

    i wont be using it as a main second os - if that makes sense.


  • #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    What about running it in a virtual machine? A lot less hassle and potential for things to go horribly wrong. Running it in under VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox and it works perfectly. A tad unresponsive for an early release but what else would you expect.

    If you do go for the dual-boot, rEFIt is a great tool, as John's pointed out.


  • #5
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    cool thanks both of ye.

    I want it as to boot as fast as possible to the net - and then use osx for all other times so it would have to be dual booted.


  • #6
    john__long
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭john__long


    rEFIt would definitely be the way so!

    Bootcamp will only let you make one partition I think, so if your only going to use one of the Cloud OS's:

    1. Install rEFIt
    2. Partition using bootcamp assistant.
    3. Install the Cloud OS onto the newly created partition.
    4. ???
    5. Profit


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  • #7
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    cheers.

    now I have to find my xp disc and spoof support into registering it again for the 3rd comp.


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