Hello, Jay Lewis wrote: > --- Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello Stefan, >> >> Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Does anybody know how to use a MacMini without Mac OS X? >>> It seems that I should be able to take refit-bin-0.8.tar.gz, place >> its `efi' >>> directory in the root dir of a >> the first >> >> FAT partition and then somehow "bless" it. >>> How can I "bless" from GNU/Linux? > > You can't bless a FAT partition; only HFS and HFS+. Blessing a "modern" > HFS+ filesystem from Linux is tricky as there are no real utilities out > there that do it. You actually have to patch the filesystem. > > http://svn.jayos.lfs-matrix.net/jayos/lfs/hcreate.sh > >> I have never used refit on my Etch MinMac, >> but I use elilo (a patched version (see Mactel site)) >> >>> Does anybody have any experience with such a MacMini-w/o-macosx ? > > I use refit and elilo, too.
As a matter of fact I used my MiniMac without monitor (crunch number machine), and it appeared that there is some bug in the firmware (or something) that impose to not use refit. So far I can understand, elilo and refit are complementary: elilo just updates the `/refit' partition wrt lilo stuff, no need to rebless if the scheme is not modified. Furthermore bless is OS X: if you do not plan to use OS X, just remove it, and consider your minimac as a regular Intel computer. Jerome > > Jay > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sponsored Link > > Online degrees - find the right program to advance your career. > www.nextag.com > -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
