Timeline for How to install win 7 on a iMac on Ubuntu as main OS
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| Jul 9, 2013 at 1:37 | comment | added | user173407 | Well i did it all and i did make a usb w win 7 using rufus but once mac start up i hit option key flash drive pop up i click it and my mac just get stuck or freeze so i dont know what else i can try. | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 22:15 | history | edited | Karan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Merged other answer that was a response to OP's comment below
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| Jul 8, 2013 at 22:10 | comment | added | Karan | @user173407: The Win7 DVD can boot in both BIOS and UEFI modes, but I've never tried it on a Mac with Apple's non-standard EFI implementation. Rufus is an easy way to create a UEFI mode USB installer for Win7/8, so try it out and let us know if it worked. Once you have Win7 installed in its own partition you'll need to repair Grub so you can dual-boot, but that's a later step. First get Win7 installed successfully, and be careful not to erase your Ubuntu partitions during the process. | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 18:30 | vote | accept | user173407 | ||
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| Jul 8, 2013 at 18:01 | comment | added | user173407 | Ok, thanks i will try this out - today thanks a lot- | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 17:30 | comment | added | Tim Holcomb | but the rufus USB tool added the efi booter for my windows installation, and it installed perfectly fine. the win7 dvd may have problems with EFI pc's (aka mac's) | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 15:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 8, 2013 at 15:27 | comment | added | user173407 | Hi tim, thanks but i also want to keep ubuntu as my main os i just want to dual boot- so everytime i turn on my imac i have the option between ubuntu or windows 7 but i will try to install from usb drive- to see if it works ( But my concept is finding the bootcamp method but in ubuntu) cheers! | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 15:19 | history | answered | Tim Holcomb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |