Hi Scott Yes I had discovered this site and have been going through everything.. I am slowly making some progress. Also from the other online info I have so far been able to create a bootable USB with Mint linux on it ready to install.I just rebooted and finally was able to see this USB and it loaded Grub and was ready to proceed. I first need to get rEFInd set up and working which will hopefully happen tomorrow. I already have 1 Linux partition and a swap partition configured. If I can get this to happen at least once.. Look out lol. Slow and steady wins the race > On Jul 13, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Scott Murphy <scott [ dot ] murphy [ at ] arrow-eye [ dot ] com> wrote: > > I’m hoping you ran across the instructions for rEFInd on Rod’s site: > https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html> > > There is a section on getting it to work on macs with and without the SIP. Since you mentioned Sierra, you should use these instructions: > https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html> > > You will need to repartition your hard drive though, as there is no place to install an additional bootable OS. You should dedicate a partition to each OS just to keep things clean. Assuming you have lots of free space, decide how much you want to keep for macOS and then add partitions that are the size you want to use for as many Linux installs you want to play with. If you have a GPT disk, it supports 256 partitions, so you are probably safe. > > Make sure you leave some free space on your mac partition or you may have issues with available space if you boot into macOS. > > Assume you will be using at least 20GB/Linux install. > > Make a backup before you start playing. Use something like SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner to make a bootable image on an external USB drive. You can always boot from that later and it can act as a source for a restore. > > Have fun! > >> On Jul 12, 2019, at 11:18 PM, Steve Miles <steve [ dot ] miles [ at ] icloud [ dot ] com <mailto:steve [ dot ] miles [ at ] icloud [ dot ] com>> wrote: >> >> I have set it up with the ram maxed out >> >> Steve Miles >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 12, 2019, at 12:14 PM, J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com <mailto:profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>> wrote: >>> >>> Steve, Since you have lots of disk and a fair bit of RAM, does >>> increasing the RAM for the VM help. I've found a small RAM for >>> the guest slows things down quite a bit. Also, of course, running >>> multiple VM guests and/or host activity at same time. >>> >>> Best, JN >>> >>> >>>> On 2019-07-12 11:45 a.m., Steve Miles wrote: >>>> Greetings fellow members, >>>> >>>> I am new at discovering Linux and want to learn a lot more. >>>> >>>> I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Sierra. 8 GB ram and tons of hard drive space >>>> >>>> I have been able to get mint and ubuntu installed in a virtual box but it works sluggishly since the computer is sharing CPU etc with 2 operating systems. >>>> >>>> I would like to have the ability to multi boot and choose which operating system installs on its own. I have explored Refind as a multi boot option but cannot get it to work for whatever reason. >>>> >>>> I have looked at a ton of web sites and youtube videos to no avail. >>>> >>>> Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated if anyone has experience with a Mac mini. >>>> >>>> Steve the Linux Newbie >>>> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >>>> To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >>>> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >>> To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >>> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >> To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <mailto:linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> >> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org <https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/> >> >