Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-03-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Mar 12 2005, Mauro wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-02 at 14:08 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the > > same way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ > > Journalled filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hid

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-03-12 Thread Mauro
On Sat, 2005-12-02 at 14:08 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the > same > way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ > Journalled > filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hidden files that I can > delete. I

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:53:18PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Feb 11 2005, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > I strongly disagree. Debian's kernels are good one-size-fits-all > > kernels, but they definitely lack in efficiency and perfomance speed. > > I would like to know in which aspects the s

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-12 Thread Brad Boyer
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 02:08:48PM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the same > way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ Journalled > filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hidden files that I can > delete.

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 11 2005, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > That's clever. I'll have to give it a go one day. Does it support > journalled HFS+? The Mac Mini ships with a single journalled HFS+ > partition spanning the entire disk. I'm not sure how journalling was > implemented in HFS+, presumably it's backward

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 11 2005, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > I strongly disagree. Debian's kernels are good one-size-fits-all > kernels, but they definitely lack in efficiency and perfomance speed. I would like to know in which aspects the speed of the system would be *appreciatively* different. I've been using

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:09:04PM +0100, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: > Le vendredi 02/11/05 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > ker

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:42:59PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > kernel should be eno

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:08:47PM +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Ciao Sven Luther, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > The existing debian > > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > > further optimize it. > > I guess the fastest way is to try it by myself, anyw

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Djoume SALVETTI
Le vendredi 02/11/05 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > furthe

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Luis Sanjuan
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:42:59PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > kernel should be eno

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread ViCToRy
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:26:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Please make sure to fill a bug report against parted about this. done :) -- Victor Sanahuja (ViCToRy) - Registered Linux User #198934 - http://piscue.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 04:31:25PM +0100, ViCToRy wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner > > > > should be > > > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played > > >

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread ViCToRy
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should > > > be > > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played > > > much > > > with it, but it should work. Feedback is welcome. > >

Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > further optimize it. I stro

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Sven Luther, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > further optimize it. I guess the fastest way is to try it by myself, anyway: now debian kernels support iBooks? I mean, there is no need to recompile it

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:43:46AM +, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > Hi Sven, > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:18:08PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should be > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally play

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread William R Sowerbutts
Hi Sven, On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:18:08PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should be > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played much > with it, but it should work. Feedback is welcome. That's clever. I'l

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:12:15AM +, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > Hi all, > > I've updated my "Linux on the Mac Mini" article. > > http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ > > Most of the updates are towards the end. > > The article now contain

Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread William R Sowerbutts
Hi all, I've updated my "Linux on the Mac Mini" article. http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ Most of the updates are towards the end. The article now contains a guide which will help you to convert a timid, fresh out of the box Mac Mini system into a raging, dual boot

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini

2005-02-10 Thread Johannes Feldner
Hi Will, thanX for your work with Debian on MiniMac! That's great! Now, knowing that Debian is working on,  I'm  sure to buy one the next month. But please tell me about this idea: Would it be possible, to get a Mac mini, through out the Harddrive, catch an USB-stick to start  a client over

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini

2005-02-07 Thread Guglielmo Dapavo
William R Sowerbutts wrote: Hi all, I thought that this article that I'm working on might interest people. It's about my experiences installing Linux on the Mac Mini. http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ Short version: It works great! Download a recent debian-installer image, and

Linux on the Mac Mini

2005-02-07 Thread William R Sowerbutts
Hi all, I thought that this article that I'm working on might interest people. It's about my experiences installing Linux on the Mac Mini. http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ Short version: It works great! Download a recent debian-installer image, and off you go! If you buil