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Hidden dual boot of Linux
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May 27, 2009, 03:27 PM
 
Hi! I'm under parental controls for Mac OS 10.5. The only way I can think of bypassing them, short of watching somebody type the admin pass, is doing a dual boot of Ubuntu on a small partition of the internal Hard Drive. How would I do this? Not boot camp, obviously. But I must access it through the menu that you get when you hold down option whilst starting up, not the creepy menu that ubuntu gives you. What do I do?
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May 27, 2009, 04:05 PM
 
Why don't you save up you're allowance and buy your own computer, considering you already posted a question about getting around parental controls. They're there for a reason junior, keeping kids from accessing certain sites and limiting their usage.
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May 27, 2009, 04:24 PM
 
You're not gonna get any help getting around your parents here.
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May 29, 2009, 03:40 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
You're not gonna get any help getting around your parents here.
*shrug
oh well. my netbook is coming in the mail anyways.
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May 29, 2009, 03:42 PM
 
well, the lets assume I'm being ethical. besides, they'd notice the huge orange circle of friends icon and the gnome while I use it. how do I do a dual boot like I specified?
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May 29, 2009, 05:34 PM
 
You get a clue.

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May 30, 2009, 12:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by platinumlolita View Post
well, the lets assume I'm being ethical. besides, they'd notice the huge orange circle of friends icon and the gnome while I use it. how do I do a dual boot like I specified?
If your parents entered a firmware password you can't dual boot anyways.

Talk to your parents about more freedom rather than try to hack things...I remember getting my first knife after I proved I could use it without cutting myself (I sharpened a stick into a spear, ironically).
     
   
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