Re: Debian on new Macs with Intel CPU?
On Monday 13 November 2006 13:40, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:54:34 +0100
>
> David Moerike <David.Moerike@gmx.net> wrote:
> > What is to do when I want to run Debian 4.0 on the new Apple Macintosh
> > machines with Intel processors, especially the Xserve Server machine?
> > Does Debian for PowerPC work, or Debian for i386, or none?
>
> AFAIK the new intel based macs are just standard intel PCs except for a drm
> chips that is supposed to allow OsX to install only on "licensed" PCs.
> Considering OsX for them has been hacked to install on any old PC I guess
> it should also work the other way around, which means i386.
>
> > If none, will Debian be ported to that architecture?
> >
> > Will it be possible to make a dual boot installation (OS X / Debian) on
> > such a machine?
>
> If it installs properly, then my guess is you should be able to install
> grub which should be able to boot osX (you may need to hack to variables).
> Maybe the mac program to dual boot windows will also work here.
See http://refit.sourceforge.net/ I have a friend running OS X, Ubuntu, and
Win XP all on his Mac laptop, and all three work well.
j
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