32-bit Kernel Support?

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32-bit Kernel Support?

Post by wrhee » Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:00 pm

I have a Mac Mini - 2006 with a core2duo (EFI firmware updated) happily running Zevo Silver.

Is there any chance there will be a Zevo Community build that will run on this machine?

-Won
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Re: 32-bit Kernel Support?

Post by coreyriggle » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:37 pm

I was hoping to run ZEVO on a Dual G5 with OS X Leopard that I've got laying around.
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Re: 32-bit Kernel Support?

Post by memmerson » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:30 am

I read this post a while back about getting ML running on Core2 Duo Macs running 32bit EFIs. My assumption was that the hack gets 64bit kernel working despite the 32bit EFI, because ML is 64bit only and has no 32bit kexts, but I don't think that is made particularly clear in the top post.

I cannot vouch for this method as I have not tried it personally, but I post it as it may be a way of get your old Mac Mini running a 64bit kernel (& ML) and therefore capable of running ZEVO.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709
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OT: PowerPC

Post by grahamperrin » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:44 pm

coreyriggle wrote:… Dual G5 with OS X Leopard …


ZEVO requires a 64-bit Intel processor running a 64-bit kernel.

Without Intel, with a PowerPC you might:

  1. install MacZFS, but please understand that performance may be suboptimal and moreover, a disk used with MacZFS will be not immediately usable with ZEVO; or
  2. install a non-Apple OS that has both (i) good support for ZFS and (ii) a likelihood of disk compatibility with ZEVO.

(Option (b) is of interest to me – I have PowerPCs that are, or will be spare – but I should treat both approaches as off-topic from ZEVO. irc://irc.freenode.net/#zfs could be a good place to discuss.)
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