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
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