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 1LdS07-0005rD-DU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DCECE0141; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 291C9E0141 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF65B64E09 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.428 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.428 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.171, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GqZv3dJ31tda for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D784664E9C for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LdRzq-0002vf-M4 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:02 +0000 Received: from 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com ([67.220.10.117]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:02 +0000 Received: from grante by 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200902272016.12921.peritus@rajking.net> <200902280946.58217.peritus@rajking.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) Sender: news 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 X-Archives-Salt: bbb64ffb-07c9-484a-9552-2dab9ffc2db2 X-Archives-Hash: 252d5de3bcaf6bce727dda10960325c7 On 2009-02-28, Robert J. King wrote: > On Friday 27 February 2009 11:32:04 pm Grant Edwards wrote: >> > >> > 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. >> >> Do the livecds now use grub? I thought they used syslinux. >> Maybe I'm thinking of a different livecd. > The livecd's boot is fine. I was refering to grub is > installed to the HD by default. Can ignore it anyway as > 2008.0-r1 installs grub-0.97-r4 that has the gpt patch. I see. I don't plan on installing to the HD, so it's not something I need to worry about ... except I guess installing to a USB flash drive is logically equivalent, so I probably do have to worry about it. I wonder if Linux and OS-X can share a swap partition... -- Grant