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 1LdAHN-00012B-HF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:29:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6310BE02C0; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:29:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from email.siw.ch (email.siw.ch [217.197.213.203]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14169E02C0 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:29:53 +0000 (UTC) X-MDAV-Processed: email.siw.ch, Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:27:53 +0100 Received: from tcoulon@decoulon.ch by email.siw.ch (MDaemon PRO v10.0.4) with ESMTP id md50013727913.msg for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:27:53 +0100 X-Spam-Processed: email.siw.ch, Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:27:53 +0100 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDPtrLookup-Result: pass dns.ptr=adsl-84-226-84-160.adslplus.ch (ip=84.226.84.160) (email.siw.ch) X-MDHeloLookup-Result: hardfail smtp.helo=tcoulon@decoulon.ch (does not match 84.226.84.160) (email.siw.ch) X-Authenticated-Sender: tcoulon@decoulon.ch X-HashCash: 1:20:090227:md50013727913::IEzhep44m+RqlY57:00003fLT X-MDRemoteIP: 84.226.84.160 X-Return-Path: prvs=1309cb6a56=tcoulon@decoulon.ch X-Envelope-From: tcoulon@decoulon.ch X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Thierry de Coulon Organization: Shadok To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:29:41 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: 6_\W$(`KpInr$-Gdugip&k1X[m&WeTh^Lw)D\l`Nzw*(:9"O+21|*o)[?OJ04,=?utf-8?q?/tuhJc75=0A=09p=2EF?=>?r)}o-Cb-9R<=?utf-8?q?*x3a=7DLI=26hGnEZ*FBFSrmB!L=3A47d-IvPWFzV49=23QZgD=7CPGu=60Uu?= =?utf-8?q?=3BCvqv=0A=09Dx4NqnKb?= 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: <200902272229.41794.tcoulon@decoulon.ch> X-Archives-Salt: cdaddb5f-6454-40e2-9a94-bbac9a6e05fc X-Archives-Hash: b7b18961586a4cf14758ab2ff3a92edf 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?