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 1LdOtU-0005DW-Vd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:06:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EC9FE03F5; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F3BE03F5 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.30] (dslb-088-066-135-137.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.66.135.137]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu6) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML29c-1LdOtC34lX-0008Ex; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:05:58 +0100 Message-ID: <49A936B6.9000708@konstantinhansen.de> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:05:58 +0100 From: KH User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080929) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? References: <200902272016.12921.peritus@rajking.net> In-Reply-To: <200902272016.12921.peritus@rajking.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19LlxY0FPgIB1uD2EiShYJSzi9W0V2ENTOA0PH /HP4R8qZMaWutKj3+lkOliFjpl1XzTT+eVZ7gkkUyyEPYxWz4V 6U/dYpXtxsVaqnMUQ0e5g== X-Archives-Salt: 9e92a1b8-4e04-4e7d-8e8d-6a8578bd1037 X-Archives-Hash: 9986ce45db29033b95d2812be63eee39 Robert J. King schrieb: > 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? >> Pleas no top posting A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?