Ken Cunningham wrote:
>> System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) Kernel Version: Darwin 10.8.0
>
> It appears that you are running a 10.6.8 system (on a macmini, I think I
> saw?)
Correct, I've got three of those :
PowerMac10,1 w/ PowerPC 7447A (G4)
Presently, I don't use it
MacMini1,1 (originally Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz)
MacMini2,1
both of these have been upgraded to
Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
4 GB RAM
although the MacMini1,1 is only able to see 2 GB [crying]
and the MacMini2,1 can only use 3 GB of the 4 GB
All of them have 2 x original OWC miniStack w/ the HDs in AppleRAID-1
> and I think you appear to be using it as a server for various things.
Correct - they have the full xAMP stack
Apache 2.4 - MySQL 5.7 - PHP 8.1
Postfix - Dovecot - sqlgrey
>
> In another spot, I see that it is a 32bit EFI Mac:
>
>> platform: macOS-10.6.8-i386-64bit
Also correct
>
> If you are not using for much else beyond being a server, I thought I would
> let you know that this tiny like c program:
>
> https://github.com/demonicsweaters/make_single_eltorito.c
>
> that compiles in 10 seconds or so, will slightly modify an Ubuntu 64 bit
> installer image to properly boot a 32bit EFI Mac, and you can then install
> Ubuntu 64 bit on there.
>
> Once it is installed, you’re good to go, and you can use 64bit software
> everywhere, including any 64 bit software you download rather than get from
> the main repo, like Spotify, Google Chrome, etc.
>
> I have this now running on 3 older Macs with 32bit EFI, and it works just
> beautifully. And if you are just using that as a server, you would be most
> likely many miles ahead to be running Ubuntu 20.04 with webmin than trying to
> keep teasing SnowLeopard along as a server.
>
> Just my $0.02 for whatever.
[thumbs-up][nerd] Thank you for the hint [nerd][thumbs-up]
Presently, I'm very much satisfied with my setup, but going to Linux on
them is definitely one of the options I'm considering if I get into too
many problems w/ being up-to-date. This is the 1st really serious
problem I've had where I've had to abandon the MacMini for an
alternative solution. Of course, not being able to upgrade to MySQL 8 is
a bit of a nuisance, but not something I'm presently worrying about.
One reason, I'm staying on 10.6.8 is that I really like Spaces.
I'm (primarily) using Remote Desktop to admin them as they are "head-less".
Another reason not going the Linux way is, that I find the macOS desktop
to be far superior to the Linux desktops.
>
> Ken
>
> (PS - dual booting a MacOSX install of 10.6 or 10.7 works just fine too,
> using ReFIND: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ )
>
Thanks.
One reason to originally staying on 10.6.8 was that the MacMini1,1 isn't
able to go to 10.7 without some hacking - at least not before upgrading
the CPU. And I like to keep them at par on the software as the
MacMini1,1 is my testing platform and backup.
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Bjarne D Mathiesen
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