Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini?

[Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@decoulon.ch>]

I did not try recently. 3-4- years ago it may still have been Linux PPC. Now 
it is MacTel so it mainly should be a question of supported hardware and 
booting.

Thierry

On Friday 27 February 2009, 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?