#Install ubuntu for mac refind how to#
#Install ubuntu for mac refind install#
I wanted to boot from a 16GB M.2 SSD in a PCIe to M.2 adapter, so I found a way to boot in EFI. Why boot in EFI mode? Up to Ubuntu 14.04 there were +mac disc images that had let you boot in BIOS compatibility mode and worked just fine, except for one issue: 2 extra SATA ports on motherboard were disabled in non-EFI boot mode, precluding their use, e.g. UPDATE – how to make a Ubuntu 18.04.1 live USB for MacPro 1,1 It has 4 SATA bays + 2 onboard SATA ports, ECC memory, looks much better than any enterprise ECC-capable server box, and can be found pretty cheap. An Apple MacPro box, even old one, makes a nice home server.