On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> > Le 15 oct. 08 à 16:20, Finn Thain a écrit : > > >[...] > > > >Laurent can fill in the details (and probably correct me here), but I > >would imagine that, like XPostFacto**, we'd need to copy the boot > >loader to the helper volume, copy the kernel binary, set kernel > >arguments, configure boot blocks on the helper device and set the boot > >device in PRAM. The tools to do all this from the linux side are part > >of Emile. But if/when something goes awry, it may be most easily fixed > >from MacOS. > > It's a good idea but the primary goal of EMILE is to totally remove > MacOS from the disk... That argument would be much more compelling if Linux supported more Mac hardware (by which I mean, co-processor network cards, more powerful display cards, duo docks, audio, scsi ethernet adapters, scsi HBA cards...) and MacOS software. But even if we supported everything, MacOS will always be a better operating system for certain tasks, since it makes different compromises. I think dual-booting would make Emile more useful to more people. But it's quite possible that no-one else would want this. Finn
