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Hi - Why no reboot? Genuine curiosity -- dual boot Macs work just fine in our campus computer labs and on the laptops we lend out, though I realize we have related-but-different user needs/use cases than those of a public library. Ryan > Cornel Darden Jr. <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > August 12, 2013 12:56 PM > Hi, > > The issue at public terminals is being able to switch between > operating systems with out having to reboot. To my knowledge refit nor > boot camp offers this. > > Thanks, > > Cornel Darden Jr. > MSLIS > Librarian > Kennedy-King College > City Colleges of Chicago > Work 773-602-5449 > Cell 708-705-2945 > > Francis Kayiwa <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > August 12, 2013 12:48 PM > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:57:21AM -0400, Nate Hill wrote: >> Is anyone on the list using mac computers and bootcamp or some other >> partition to offer public access to either a mac or windows environment for >> their users? This seems like ti could be a pretty cool option to present >> folks with. >> >> Any thoughts on the matter? I'm trying to figure out what to replace our >> public computers with here in Chattanooga. Obviously I want them to be >> both inexpensive and awesome. > > I forgot to mention ReFit [0] (now defunct but should still work) and/or ReFind which is recommended at their Website. > > This will allow a user to select which OS to boot after POST. > > ./fxk > > [0] http://refit.sourceforge.net/ > >> -- >> Nate Hill >> [log in to unmask] >> http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ >> http://www.natehill.net > > Nate Hill <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > August 12, 2013 10:57 AM > Is anyone on the list using mac computers and bootcamp or some other > partition to offer public access to either a mac or windows > environment for > their users? This seems like ti could be a pretty cool option to present > folks with. > > Any thoughts on the matter? I'm trying to figure out what to replace our > public computers with here in Chattanooga. Obviously I want them to be > both inexpensive and awesome.