From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LdEkX-00044k-9e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:16:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 092F1E0230; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.marimann.com (216-43-198-11.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.198.11]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3745E0230 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:16:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.rajking.net (c-98-215-6-227.hsd1.il.comcast.net [98.215.6.227]) by mail.marimann.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id n1S2GDP1016477 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:16:19 -0600 Received: from [172.16.0.203] ([172.16.0.203]) by mail.rajking.net (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id n1S2GDR5010744 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:16:13 -0600 From: "Robert J. King" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:16:12 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902272016.12921.peritus@rajking.net> X-Archives-Salt: e8bdba63-4c59-49f0-8064-49b039966245 X-Archives-Hash: 0ee503146c70de55a7b8ddee22f64a5a It is done often. Writing this on an 24" Intel iMac running Gentoo w/ kde. Just a few gotchas that I ran into: 1. The 2008.0 livecd's version of grub doesn't have the Mac partition patch. Simple update of portage and then grub fixes this. 2. Nvidia binary drivers seem to have a bug that will turn off the screen everytime you either close X11 or switch to a VC. The screen comes back on when you go back to X by CTRL+Fn unless you have shutdown X11. If that is the case, then you have to restart it by typing blindly or ssh'ing in from another machine. I haven't found a fix for this yet. Not sure if this pertains to the mac mini they might be using ATI. Good info at: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Apple_Macbook_Pro If you plan on installing to the hard drive I recommend keeping a small OSX partition (for firmware updates and stuff from apple) and using rEFIt as a boot manager. http://refit.sourceforge.net This is how I have it set up and its working well. On Friday 27 February 2009 02:21:37 pm Grant Edwards wrote: > I'm considering attempting to set up an Intel Mac Mini as a > MythTV frontend. Right now I'm thinking I'll leave the > internal drive alone and boot from net or from a USB flash > drive. That way I can spin down the internal HD and save on > power and noise (and the standard OS-X install is still there, > so it can be trivially switched back to normal desktop use). > > I've been googling for info on running Linux on a Mac Mini, and > there was fairly active discussion 3-4 years ago, but very > little recent info. That leads me to either of two > conclusions: > > 1) It can't be done and everybody gave up. > > 2) It's so trivial that people no longer need to ask about it. > > So, how hard would it be to do a USB or network-based Gentoo > install for a recent Intel Mac Mini?