Re: Mactel questions...

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@mailsnare.net>]

Hello,

the svn is updated,
and you should have a look into the archive list.

Otherwise,
it sounds to me that your question are very machine specific.
You may specify the computer you have in mind.

Jerome 

Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> Yes I have it's ok but hasn't been updated for a while.  I was hoping to bump into someone who's actually got GNU/Linux up an running on a Mactel.
>
> regards,
>
> Ananda
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:59:54 +0800
> Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@mailsnare.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > have you visit www.mactel-linux.org ?
> >
> > Jerome
> >
> > Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> > > Hello everyone, this was originally posted on the Debian forums but I thought I'd give the user list a try as well.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking of getting an Intel based IMac and the only information I could find on the 'net was about six months out of date so I thought I'd post a topic here. I've got a lot of questions and I don't expect to have them all answered but any help would be appreciated. I'm particularly interested in people who have successfully installed Debian or any other distribution on their Mactels.
> > >
> > > Here goes:
> > >
> > > 1. Does Etch support EFI GPT partitions and can I run Etch without using BIOS compatibility / MBR mode?
> > >
> > > 2. I've heard that the ATI drivers need access to the BIOS to be able to utilise 2D / 3D acceleration. Is this still true and do I have to use BIOS compatibility mode to use 2D / 3D acceleration? Is this only true for the proprietary drivers? Do the Free / Open source drivers work well in EFI mode?
> > >
> > > 3. Will the Airport Extreme wireless LAN card work? I'll use ndiswrapper if I have to. What's the native support for the Broadcom chipset (that the Airport extreme has, do the latest iMacs even have this chipset?) like currently?
> > >
> > > 4. Do the soundcard and speakers work in Etch or any other distribution?
> > >
> > > 5. I've heard that the Mactel has a 500MB EFI or something partition can this be safely deleted so I can have four partitions in MBR / BIOS mode? Are extended partitions supported in MBR / BIOS mode?
> > >
> > > 6. Are there any other issues I should be aware of when using GNU / Linux on a Mactel?
> > >
> > > 7. If Debian has known problems on Mactels can anyone suggest a distro that works? I don't really want to switch from Debian but if needs must....
> > >
> > > 8. Is is possible to run Debian with one partition and use LVM? i.e. no separate /boot partition. Is is possible to reinstall Debian and keep the LVM info intact?  The reason I am asking this is because I am going to use X86 Debian and then upgrade to the AMD64 version at some point in the future, and I'd like my /home volume kept intact if I used LVM.
> > >
> > > As I said any tips or info would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Ananda
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> >
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