Hi Rick, 1) I think that throughpput to a USB3 drive would be slower than access to a local hard drive, even though USB 3 is faster than USB 2. Access time may be slower as well. 2) You may know this already, since you sound like an experienced user. Dual booting means having something take charge of both boots and allowing you to choose. Generally a Linux install will be able to do that with grub or equivalent identifying the Mac OS and knowing how to boot it. I would recommend you tell Grub to install itself on the USB drive, not the local drive. Then you can boot to either OS when the USB drive is present and boot directly to Mac OS when it is not. This would mean setting the BIOS to permit it to boot from any USB drive when it is present. Do Macs let you do that? If there are more dual boot caveats with Macs, I would not know them as I don't have a Mac. 3) Hardware compatibility. I don't know what distros support Mac hardware, especially new Mac hardware. It may be worth checking on this. Anyone know more? We do have some Mac users. Good luck. All my very best, Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller >________________________________ > From: Rick <graham [ dot ] rick [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >To: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >Cc: Sean Rickerd <srickerd [ at ] suse [ dot ] com>; "linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:22:41 PM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Troubles installing with Suse USB stick > > > >I was hesitant to answer because I figured you must know what libcurses is. And yet still I misinterpreted it. > >Know nothing about SUSE. Sorry. > > >In the same vein... > > >I have a new MacAir. Because they are sweet. I was thinking of installing Linux (Debian, Fedora, and/or CENTOS) from a Live stick to a USB3 drive so I can use it for dev. > > > >Caveats? > > > >On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > >Hi Rick, >>Sorry, I was even less clear than normal in what I meant. >> >>What I am trying to run is the installer to install SUSE onto my hard drive. >>That's the app I don't know the name of. >>Some menu systems allow you to right click on a menu entry and read it or even edit it. >>Not this one. >>If I know the name I can run it from the command line, as root. >> >>I also noticed that other things don't run because they can't find GTK-GUI. >> >>CLI mode may have failed because there is no terminal running when you run an app by clicking on its icon. >>At least that's what I think it means when it says "Ncurses selected but no terminal available". >> >> >>Does anyone know what the name of the application is in SUSE that installs SUSE onto the hard disk from a Live USB stick? >>Did anyone else try to install from the usb sticks that Sean Rickerd provided at the meeting last Tuesday? >> >> >>-- >>Rob Echlin, B. Eng. >>613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON >>http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Rick <graham [ dot ] rick [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >>>To: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >>>Cc: "linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >>>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:03:55 PM >>>Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Troubles installing with Suse USB stick >>> >>> >>> >>>Curses is a terminal library that adds ansi cursor movement, I believe ncurses extends it to add colour. >>> >>>It's not a program. >>> >>>it relies on terminfo or termcap to give it the metrics to manipulate the cursor and text in your terminal. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: >>> >>>Hi >>>>When I run things from the live CD, I get an error: >>>>"GTK GUI wanted but not found" >>>>... >>>>"Ncurses selected but no terminal available" >>>> >>> >>> >>>I'm guessing that GTK could not run for some reason to give you a gui, CL mode is the failover and then that bombed too because ncurses is not happy. >>> >>> >>> >>>Maybe terminfo is not correct? I don't think that has ever happened to me. There are zillions of terminfo definitions, but only 2 or 3 are used much. Don't know where it is set. >>> >>> >>> >>>Prolly try getting teh gui to work first. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I can't figure out how to run it from the command line - no idea what it is called. >>>> >>>>Suggestions? >>>>Thanks! >>>>Rob >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Rob Echlin, B. Eng. >>>>613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON >>>>http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Linux mailing list >>>>Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >>>>http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>>Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were >>>forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. >>> -- W. C. Fields >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >-- > >Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were >forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. > -- W. C. Fields > > > >