[Novalug] MAC mini PPC and Ubuntu

Mark Smith mark@winksmith.com
Mon Jan 23 19:07:44 EST 2012


thanks.  i'll check it out.  my installer works well enough except for the
critical problem that it doesn't even see the hard disk so consequently,
the installation fails never mind booting from the fresh install.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 05:20:43PM -0500, Michael Quaintance wrote:
> I think you're actually running into problems with the Mac's GUID partition
> table and MBR partition table being out of sync.
> 
> I was messing around last night with trying to put Linux on an Intel Mac
> Mini and I could install but not boot (I know that's not the same problem
> as you are facing). The following page seems to have some useful
> information:
> 
> http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/

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Mark Smith
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