I had previously set up several dual-boot Fedora Linux/Win7 systems, but now had the challenge of doing the same for MacOS as well.. This is absolutely not the place for any discussion on the ramifications of the ‘Hackintosh’ movement, but it will suffice to use that terrible phrase ‘Google is your friend..’.. The Clover/MacOS instance was on … Continue reading →
Setting up an old HP8000 desktop small-form-factor system as a crash-and-burn test system, with dual-boot Fedora 29 and Windows 7, on separate drives. First slight gotcha with the Fedora install: The installation utility shows the two disks, the first of which has Windows 7 (sda) and the second – additional – was for the Fedora Linux install … Continue reading →
Although I had successfully achieved a dual-boot uEFI Fedora27/Windows7 system, the expanded EFI partition issue was still unresolved.. I had successfully expanded the partition size, but the expansion of the FAT32 filesystem on it did not work, as gparted was unable to handle it. After more research, I came to the conclusion that the only reliable solution … Continue reading →
I am setting up an HP Z820 as – primarily – a video creating/editing/restoring system, but I need to be able to boot into Windows 7 Pro (for Vegas Pro, AviSynth, Prodrenalin, Mercalli, etc. etc..) and Linux (Fedora).. I had set up dual-boot systems before, and I am still using Windows 7 Pro SP1, but this time … Continue reading →
I am setting up an HP Z820 as – primarily – a video creating/editing/restoring system, but I need to be able to boot into Windows 7 Pro (for Vegas Pro, AviSynth, Prodrenalin, Mercalli, etc. etc..) and Linux (Fedora).. I had set up dual-boot systems before, and I am still using Windows 7 Pro SP1, but this time … Continue reading →