Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@××××××××.ch>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini?
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:29:57
Message-Id: 200902272229.41794.tcoulon@decoulon.ch
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? by Grant Edwards
1 I did not try recently. 3-4- years ago it may still have been Linux PPC. Now
2 it is MacTel so it mainly should be a question of supported hardware and
3 booting.
4
5 Thierry
6
7 On Friday 27 February 2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
8 > I'm considering attempting to set up an Intel Mac Mini as a
9 > MythTV frontend. Right now I'm thinking I'll leave the
10 > internal drive alone and boot from net or from a USB flash
11 > drive. That way I can spin down the internal HD and save on
12 > power and noise (and the standard OS-X install is still there,
13 > so it can be trivially switched back to normal desktop use).
14 >
15 > I've been googling for info on running Linux on a Mac Mini, and
16 > there was fairly active discussion 3-4 years ago, but very
17 > little recent info. That leads me to either of two
18 > conclusions:
19 >
20 > 1) It can't be done and everybody gave up.
21 >
22 > 2) It's so trivial that people no longer need to ask about it.
23 >
24 > So, how hard would it be to do a USB or network-based Gentoo
25 > install for a recent Intel Mac Mini?