Re: Yaifo on an Apple Mac mini

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 08:55:12AM +0200, Tasmanian Devil wrote:
> One question though: Did you find a way to make Yaifo work also on an
> Apple Mac mini (Intel)? Would be great to be able to use Yaifo also on
> Mac minis which are *really* far away. :-)

I can't remember if I tried. Unfortunately my Mac Mini (Intel) is my
'production' server (runs this list).

I'll see if I can't find some time to test it soon.

> Problem is: Yaifo, just like the 4.3-release bsd.rd, has ACPI enabled
> basically, but not "enough" for a Mac mini, which needs ACPI to make
> the NIC work. An "ifconfig msk0 up" leads to a hanging OS with both
> the -release bsd.rd and Yaifo. I tried to compile Yaifo with more
> ACPI-related things enabled (similar to the GENERIC configuration),
> but without success so far.
>
> Maybe someone was successful with it already, or has a hint for me
> what I should try?

This all sounds familiar. I'll see what I can do.

-ME

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