We wrote something about this in a workshop in Dakar. We have installed 8 PureDyne on Mac Mini Intel !
It could be helpful ... --------------------------------------------------------------- - Install GNU/Linux/PureDyne on Mac Mini Intel with multiboot - --------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial source : http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/#i386 ----------------- - Prerequisites - ----------------- My configuration : Mac mini with Mac OS X installed, Verify your configuration : Apple > About this Mac, Download Pure Dyne, burn it on CD or DVD (http://puredyne.org/download.html) Download rEFIt (choose disk image for Mac) (http://refit.sourceforge.net/) ----------- - Warning - ----------- Save your data on an external storage. ---------------- - Installation - ---------------- 1. Start Mac OS X 2. Launch Boot Camp, disk partitioning software. o Finder > Applications > Utilitaries > Assistant Boot Camp o Partition the disk (choose the size) o Click on quit and install later 3. Install rEFIt, open-source software to start multi-boot. o Click on the file with .mpkg extension o Click on continue o Accept the licence o Fill the password field o Click on continue 4. Insert Pure Dyne CD-Rom 5. Restart 6. Choose the Linux icon (pingoo). If it doesn't appear, restart with rEFIt as much as necessary. 7. In the boot menu, choose "Start Pure Dyne". The live session will start. 8. On the desktop, right click > Application > System > Install Pure Dyne 9. In the installation window o Choose the language > Next o Choose the location > Next o Choose Macintosh keyboard > Next o Choose manual partitioning (be careful) o Delete the fat32 partition created by Boot Camp o Add a new partition "ext4" o Write the Linux partition size, but reserve enought memory space for Swap partition (common use : same size than you RAM) o Choose the mount point (common use : "/") and apply o Finally, add a Swap partition with the free space, apply o Click on Next 10. Write your login and password 11. Click on Next, the installation will start 12. Restart 13. In the boot menu, choose "MS Windows" icon (created by Boot Camp !) which is your Puredyne 14. After, another menu appears, choose the first line. The installed PureDyne will start. 15. Make a test with Pure Data o Right click on the Desktop > Applications > Audio > Pure data o Choose Help menu in Pure Data > Browser >Gem > Basic > Cylindre -- Jérôme Abel http://abel.jerome.free.fr --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
