Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
HI Rick, Yes, Gentoo should run on it. Use the plain x86 installer. that's good news :) . The only problem might be the new type of bios that is in the intel mac series, I'm not sure how well it is supported by linux. I haven't seen any positive or negative messages about running linux on an intel mac so can't help you there. I even wonder if all interfaces (USB, firewire, graphics) will work on the box. And dual booting should be possible, it was always possible with the old apples. I hope Apple didn't do some magic to prevent installation of other OSes like Mac OS X. Anyway, I guess I will give it a try. Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
And dual booting should be possible, it was always possible with the old apples. I hope Apple didn't do some magic to prevent installation of other OSes like Mac OS X. Anyway, I guess I will give it a try. I believe the idea was that you can do just that - dual boot with whatever you want for x86. The inverse - installing intel osx on a non-mac machine is not going to be possible (or at least probably not legal). Cheers Antoine -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
Hi Antoine, I believe the idea was that you can do just that - dual boot with whatever you want for x86. I guess it depends on GRUB and if it can install so it is found by the Mac Mini BIOS. The inverse - installing intel osx on a non-mac machine is not going to be possible (or at least probably not legal). I didn't read the Mac OS X license, but as I'm not interested to install it on any other machine, I don't care. I want to install Linux on the MAC Mini, but if possible I'd like to keep OS X as well on it. Thanks for the thoughts best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
Christoph Eckert wrote: Hi all, I'm interested in buying an Intel Mac Mini. Qestions: * Will Gentoo run on it? Sooner or later I am sure it will :) * If so: Which installer is the right one (sorry I'm not that familiar with processor hardware)? there are no ready-made yet I dont think * Can it dual boot with the installed Mac OS? yes. Thanks best regards ce These guys have been working on running linux on new Macs: http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page They started off by running gentoo, as this pic shows: http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Image:Gentoo2.jpg They got a HOWTO going: http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/HOWTO They have a livecd but it is a Ubuntu one: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160126 So they have kernel patches, they can boot and they got a dual-boot guide. Thats enough to install gentoo on your x86 mac I think. With a bit of hacking. I am sure sooner or later there will be a ready-made installer CD for it too. Eugene. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
Hi all, I'm interested in buying an Intel Mac Mini. Qestions: * Will Gentoo run on it? * If so: Which installer is the right one (sorry I'm not that familiar with processor hardware)? * Can it dual boot with the installed Mac OS? Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
