From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60604050926l19879cd1mf0d087db1b1c8e29@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 09:26:18 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Mac Mini x86? In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60604050747j4fee3a60l4de4ca16f945ced9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <3e1162e60604050726s4e5164cfy2f650bbc907db4fa@mail.gmail.com> <82c890d00604050739r1f39b554t64041ded7d42886a@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60604050747j4fee3a60l4de4ca16f945ced9@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 305b8d26-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 4/5/06, David Leimbach wrote: > On 4/5/06, Gabriel Diaz wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > may be this is interesting :) > > > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ > > > > gabi > > > > > > Just saw it and am now downloading. Ok, well it's really geared towards windows XP SP2, and won't boot anything else at this time. It also requires a firmware update from Apple. There is a tool to help guide this installation and it wants blank CDs and all kinds of stuff (presumably to take an XP SP2 CD and get macintosh drivers for it onto a new CD). Not sure how to make this work with something like Plan 9 yet. Dave > > > > > > > On 4/5/06, David Leimbach wrote: > > > You'd need a way to boot it first of all. > > > > > > No x86 based mac has BIOS. It's all EFI, and without the BIOS > > > backward compatibility modules. > > > > > > Someone put together a bunch of stuff for booting Windows XP Pro and > > > has an installation method, but it is far from easy or even supported > > > by anyone. It would likely work for Plan 9 as well. > > > > > > Best bet is to wait until Parallels put's out their new virtualizatio= n > > > product for Mac OS X, it will use the new Intel Virtualization > > > Hardware and, if the claims are all true, you'll be able to run prett= y > > > much any OS at close to native speed on top of Mac OS X using this ne= w > > > software. > > > > > > http://www.parallels.com > > > > > > So far, looks like the software is only 50 bucks. > > > > > > There is a free demo for linux users, but I don't have the hardware i= n > > > question on anything but a Mac. > > > > > > Dual booting really bites it anyway IMO. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On 4/5/06, Daniel Soderstrom wrote: > > > > Can Plan 9 be installed on a x86 Mac Mini? I'd like to have a play > > > > with Plan 9, but don't want a ugly bitsa PC taking up the space. I > > > > should be able to do everything remotely on the Plan 9 box just usi= ng > > > > ssh or x windows? > > > > > > > > Finally, the possibilities of Plan 9 seem really intriging, has > > > > anything new and different been done on Plan 9 which could only be > > > > supported by its architecture? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Daniel. > > > > Perth, Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > >