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On Friday 03 March 2006 20:05, Christoph Eckert wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm interested in buying an Intel Mac Mini. |
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> Qestions: |
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> * Will Gentoo run on it? |
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> * If so: Which installer is the right one (sorry I'm not that familiar |
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> with processor hardware)? |
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> * Can it dual boot with the installed Mac OS? |
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> Thanks & best regards |
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Yes, Gentoo should run on it. |
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Use the plain x86 installer. |
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The only problem might be the new type of bios that is in the intel mac |
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series, I'm not sure how well it is supported by linux. |
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I haven't seen any positive or negative messages about running linux on an |
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intel mac so can't help you there. |
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And dual booting should be possible, it was always possible with the old |
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apples. |
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Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl |
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