JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> what you said is true. booting linux on an intel mac... never said it >> couldn't be done or hasn't been done ;) it takes a bit more effort to >> do it... you have to have bootcamp. EFI is already supported by the >> linux kernel but there hasn't been any "explosion" in booting mac >> hardware using linux. whats the point other than it being an academic >> exercise? both are "cousins," tech-wise--- you can port just about >> any app between them... and you could run linux on cheaper hardware. >> hehehe. running linux on a mac makes more sense using a vm than going >> through the trouble of bootcamping. > > Ummm... my point was that you don't *need* bootcamp to boot on an > EFI-based machine.
Additionally, check out: http://docs.hp.com/en/AB587-96012/ch04s05.html which details stuff on booting Linux distros on HP Integrity servers (which are apparently EFI-based). -- JM Ibanez Senior Software Engineer Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
