Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having >> > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted >> > in a bootable install. >> I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling (e.g. using >> lilo or grub-legacy, or maybe tweaking of

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Brian Sammon
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:40:33 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having > > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted > > in a bootable install. > > I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted > in a bootable install. I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling (e.g. using lilo or grub-legacy, or maybe tweaking of the partition

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Brian Sammon
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:25:37 -0500 Brian Sammon wrote: > Is there a way to install Debian/Linux on this machine that doesn't involve > > buying or borrowing (or "borrowing") a copy of OSX? Is it easier to install > > linux on a USB disk and run it off of that? Status report: I've tried the i38