Hello

may be this is interesting :)

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

gabi



On 4/5/06, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> 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 virtualization
> 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 pretty
> much any OS at close to native speed on top of Mac OS X using this new
> 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 in
> question on anything but a Mac.
>
> Dual booting really bites it anyway IMO.
>
> Dave
>
> On 4/5/06, Daniel Soderstrom <snaggs@mac.com> 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 using
> > 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.
> >
>