# Replace macOS on apple silicon with Rocky Linux

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-9\
**Created:** [September 9, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769 "2024-09-09T18:59:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bexius](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Bexius)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/1 "2024-09-09T18:59:28Z")

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I have seen that it is possible from other’s online to replace a macOS with a linux. I have tried with a USB to replace my MacPro with M2 macos to Linux. when I go to boot options the image isn’t available for boot. Is this because Rocky Linux 9.3 isn’t able to support the hardware the MacPro has such as the apple silicon and the PCIe slots?

or is it possible I’m doing something wrong when setting up my USB

the steps I did to set up the USB are

Unmount the USB drive:  
`diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN`  
and  
Use the `dd` command to write the ISO to the USB drive:  
`sudo dd if=/path/to/rocky-linux-9.3-aarch64.iso of=/dev/diskN bs=1m`

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**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/2 "2024-09-09T21:23:54Z")

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This won’t be possible. The hardware won’t be supported by the Rocky Linux 9 kernel in any capacity. If you want to run Rocky Linux, consider using a virtual machine via UTM.

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**Author:** ![Bexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bexius](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Bexius)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/3 "2024-09-10T19:10:09Z")

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Are there plans to have Rocky linux be able to support the hardware?

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**Author:** ![Ritov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Ritov](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Ritov)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/4 "2024-09-12T10:42:31Z")

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You better try [Fedora Asahi Remix - Asahi Linux](https://asahilinux.org/fedora/) for now.

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**Author:** ![Bexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bexius](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Bexius)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/5 "2024-10-07T21:25:56Z")

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Yeh but unfortunately they dont support MacPro yet

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replace-macos-on-apple-silicon-with-rocky-linux/15769/6 "2024-12-06T21:26:38Z")

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Closed on December 6, 2024, 9:26pm UTC

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