Re: [Tails-dev] Manually Install Using Mac (without rEFInd)

intrigeri:
> sajolida@??? wrote (14 May 2014 12:08:07 GMT) :
>> In that case, I'm tempted to move the instructions for manual
>> installation on Mac (/doc/first_steps/installation/manual/mac/) in the
>> "Advanced topics" section.
>
> Note that these instructions are still required to bootstrap the
> installation process from a Mac, when one has no DVD burner handy.

According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#Technical_specifications,
MacBook have DVD burner since late 2006. So I guess the same holds for
other Mac computers.

That's why I think it's ok to consider this as a corner case and allow
us to move those pretty hardcore instructions to "Advanced topics".

Now tracked by: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7263

>> If I understand correctly, the main improvement in your instructions is
>> that you convert the ISO image to DMG using hdiutil, right? Then the
>> rest is basically the same (with some extra improvements), no?
>
>> So maybe we can add this as an option to the current instructions,
>
> Yep. Replacing "install rEFInd" with "run hdiutil convert" will
> simplify the process a bit, and if the resulting stick works fine,
> without rEFInd, all right :)

Now tracked by: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7262

--
sajolida