On 4/5/06, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/5/06, Gabriel Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > may be this is interesting :) > > > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ > > > > gabi > > > > > > Just saw it and am now downloading.
Ok, well it's really geared towards windows XP SP2, and won't boot anything else at this time. It also requires a firmware update from Apple. There is a tool to help guide this installation and it wants blank CDs and all kinds of stuff (presumably to take an XP SP2 CD and get macintosh drivers for it onto a new CD). Not sure how to make this work with something like Plan 9 yet. Dave > > > > > > > On 4/5/06, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You'd need a way to boot it first of all. > > > > > > No x86 based mac has BIOS. It's all EFI, and without the BIOS > > > backward compatibility modules. > > > > > > Someone put together a bunch of stuff for booting Windows XP Pro and > > > has an installation method, but it is far from easy or even supported > > > by anyone. It would likely work for Plan 9 as well. > > > > > > Best bet is to wait until Parallels put's out their new virtualization > > > product for Mac OS X, it will use the new Intel Virtualization > > > Hardware and, if the claims are all true, you'll be able to run pretty > > > much any OS at close to native speed on top of Mac OS X using this new > > > software. > > > > > > http://www.parallels.com > > > > > > So far, looks like the software is only 50 bucks. > > > > > > There is a free demo for linux users, but I don't have the hardware in > > > question on anything but a Mac. > > > > > > Dual booting really bites it anyway IMO. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On 4/5/06, Daniel Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can Plan 9 be installed on a x86 Mac Mini? I'd like to have a play > > > > with Plan 9, but don't want a ugly bitsa PC taking up the space. I > > > > should be able to do everything remotely on the Plan 9 box just using > > > > ssh or x windows? > > > > > > > > Finally, the possibilities of Plan 9 seem really intriging, has > > > > anything new and different been done on Plan 9 which could only be > > > > supported by its architecture? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Daniel. > > > > Perth, Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > >
