#Arch linux macbook air mac os x
#Arch linux macbook air install
#Arch linux macbook air update
#Arch linux macbook air upgrade

Boot on the UEFI boot manager (hold the right Alt key).The whole SSD is copied using the dd command. The backup will be stored on an external USB hard drive, with the MacBook started on an Arch Linux bootable USB key. Since IвЂ™m a newcomer to the Mac world, I prefer being safe and take a full backup before playing with encryption or the partitions table (no recovery DVD?)

#Arch linux macbook air mac os x

Note: ItвЂ™s still possible to restore Mac OS X even if the hard drive is completely wiped with the embedded recovery system ( Reddit thread)

#Arch linux macbook air install

88SS9183 PCIe SSD Controller (rev 14) Base install Backup

MacBook Pro Retina 13' mid-2014 (model MacBookPro11,1)Д 0:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 0a2e (rev 09) 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev e4) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev e4) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev e4) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev e4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04) 02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 1570 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03) 04:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

#Arch linux macbook air upgrade

Hopefully in a few months compatible SSD for this MacBook Pro model will be released, and itвЂ™s not going to take a long time to do the upgrade MacBook Pro 13' Retina Display Mid 2014 SSD Replacement IвЂ™ve made the decision to buy as much RAM as possible, because itвЂ™s soldered and non-upgradeable, and a smaller SSD to stay at a reasonable price. So I bought one on the Apple refurb for 1279в‚¬ The MacBookДЄfter wandering for weeks to find a suitable replacement to my old Thinkpad T43, IвЂ™ve noticed that MacBook prices were not as crazy as they were before, given the parts and the assembling quality, Warning: donвЂ™t blindly copy/paste the commands, especially the ones related to devices /dev/sd *, which are specific to your setup, like the locale and the keyboard mapping.

#Arch linux macbook air update

I keep the Mac OS X partition, to be able to update the firmware later.

Settings for a great battery life (~09h30).

Full disk encryption (Mac OS X and Arch Linux).

Boot manager UEFI systemd-boot ( formerly Gummiboot) simple, can handle several kernels easily.

IвЂ™m going to describe steps needed to have the following system: Only the base install section is finished yet. Note: This blog post is going to be updated. I hope this will be useful to someone else.Д®nglish is not my native language, corrections and fixes will be greatly appreciated. This blog post is a kind of checklist, since it was a really time-consuming task to browse many websites to have a big picture and the all the technical details.

- typo fixes (thanks to the feedback from the Hacker News thread).

- adding linux-3.18 issue, webcam section, thunderbolt hotplug note (thanks for your comments!).

- adding a note about the embedded recovery system (from Reddit).

- adding a note about allow-discards root mount option, to forward TRIM commands.

- linux-3.18/broadcom-wl kernel panic fix, cursor stuck when back from hibernation, poweroff after hibernation, systemd/Uswsusp integration.

- fix wrong gummiboot first install command, note about powerdown.git and fstrim.

- workaround for the stuck cursor once back from suspend/hibernate.

- note about Yosemite 10.10.2 update and the gpe66 issue.

- gummiboot has been integrated to systemd.

Warning: This guide is not going to be updated anymore.