I have not tried it but i would say try with a USB key and if that doesent work try installing the refit bootloader on mac and then use that to try and boot your usb key and if you want to change the efi boot manager settings you can use an arch linux live cd to do that, thats how i installed linux on my mac mini and then removed the need for a mac partition or the refit boot loader.
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Michele Codutti via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! Has everyone tried to boot SmartOS to a Mac Mini. > I have a mac mini 2011 (Macmini5,2) and I would like to run SmartOS on it. > It is a i5 machine with a 16GB of RAM and a dedicated ATI Video chip. > Because of the lack of a integrated DVD-ROM I've tried to boot the CD > burned ISO image but without success. > Then I've tried a to boot il with grub2 (EFI mode) but it seems that the > multiboot directive is somehow incomplete and it warns that the console > will be unavailable (and it maintains the promise). > Then I've tried with iPXE CD but it not work for my Mac Mini but it worked > (but with a garbled console) for a 2010 Mac Mini (Macmini4,1 but has a > core2 duo processor so it will be a zone only machine). > I'm struggling to achieve this result. > As I've noticed, in the SmartOS community there are numerous Mac users so > one of them could be successful where I was not. > Thanks in advance. > Michele > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26617859-103233bd> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
