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On 2009-02-28, Robert J. King <peritus@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> It is done often. Writing this on an 24" Intel iMac running |
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> Gentoo w/ kde. Just a few gotchas that I ran into: |
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> 1. The 2008.0 livecd's version of grub doesn't have the Mac |
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> partition patch. Simple update of portage and then grub |
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> fixes this. |
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Do the livecds now use grub? I thought they used syslinux. |
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Maybe I'm thinking of a different livecd. |
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> 2. Nvidia binary drivers seem to have a bug that will turn |
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> off the screen everytime you either close X11 or switch to |
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> a VC. The screen comes back on when you go back to X by |
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> CTRL+Fn unless you have shutdown X11. If that is the |
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> case, then you have to restart it by typing blindly or |
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> ssh'ing in from another machine. I haven't found a fix |
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> for this yet. Not sure if this pertains to the mac mini |
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> they might be using ATI. |
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The Minis now use an Intel GMA 950. Linux driver support is |
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supposed to be pretty good. Not sure if it includes XvMC or |
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not, but a 1.8GHz core2 duo should be able to handle ATSC HD |
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playback without it. |
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> Good info at: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Apple_Macbook_Pro |
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> If you plan on installing to the hard drive I recommend |
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> keeping a small OSX partition (for firmware updates and stuff |
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> from apple) and using rEFIt as a boot manager. |
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> http://refit.sourceforge.net This is how I have it set up and |
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> its working well. |
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The first choice would be USB or network. I'd like to shut |
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down the hard-drive. |
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Grant |
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