Re: Installing Linux on a Mac Mini without OSX
On 04/12/14 21:30, Brian Sammon wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:46:22 +0100
> Jerome BENOIT <g6299304p@rezozer.net> wrote:
>
>>> Two particular subtasks that I may need to do that seem to require
>>> OSX: 1) "Blessing" a partition 2) Checking what version of firmware
>>> it has (some versions have BIOS compatibility)
>>>
>>> Any pointers/suggestions?
>>
>> I will look towards a grub issue, specially if your partition is a gpt
>> partition table.
>> For a gpt partition table, you must have a `bios grub' partition.
>>
>>> I'm also looking into PureDarwin as a possible solution.
>>>
>> Debian is definitely better, do not trust the folks on the PureDarwin forums.
I was just kidding.
>
> Ouch.
>
> I have not seen any extravagant claims on behalf of PureDarwin. Mostly just apologetic caveats that it's not quite yet ready for primetime.
>
> In any case, my interest in PureDarwin was primarily that it might have a "bless" command and/or a way to query the firmware version.
> Other messages in this thread suggest that neither of these two things may be fully necessary.
True.
Jerome
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