Re: Linux booted on Mactel.

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [Liam Slider] on Friday 17 February 2006 01:02 \__
>
>
> > http://xbox-linux.org.nyud.net:8090/mactel/index.php/Main_Page
> >
> > "Status
> >
> > Using elilo and a modified Linux kernel, we can boot from a USB hard disk
> > on the 17" iMac Core Duo. We are using the hacked vesafb driver to inherit
> > the bootloader's framebuffer, keyboard and a USB network card work. Gentoo
> > runs and can compile the Linux kernel. "
> >
> > There she wrote.
>
>
> In other intersting news, Dvorak speculates that Apple will become a hardware
> maker with Windows as the operating system.
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1927885,00.asp
>
> The guy predicted Apple's move to Intel, among other things. So, all in all,
> I wouldn't discard the ludicrous statement prematurely.
I've predicted this *exact* sort of trick since 2000. Even down to the 
"I'm absolutely sure they've got an internal build of OS X for x86 right 
now."

Dvorak is an idiot, who's only purpose is generating flames and attention.