Intel Macs
Finnix, the LiveCD for system administrators
Intel Macintoshes are fully supported by Finnix x86. Finnix may be booted though the rEFIt bootloader, or as a guest under Parallels. Core Solo/Duo Macs (Mac Mini Intel, first generation MacBook/MacBook Pro) require Finnix 88.0, while Xeon/Core 2 Duo Macs (Mac Pro, second generation MacBook Pro) require Finnix 89.0. Xeon Mac Pros require Finnix 91.0.
Finnix booting using rEFIt
- Install rEFIt
- Insert Finnix CD
- Reboot computer
- Select Linux CD icon from boot menu
- That's it!