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In this fifth part of the BeOS exploration, I take a 2009 Intel Mac mini. Originally shipped with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and now attempting to run Haiku, the open-source successor to BeOS. What starts as a straightforward install quickly turns into a deep dive into EFI limitations, 32-bit vs 64-bit boot loaders, and the reality of firmware incompatibilities, missing drivers and unsupported hardware. It’s a hands-on look at what it takes to run Haiku on Intel Macs, and where the limits still are today. In this episode: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Haiku on Macmini3,3 and Why It Won't Boot 03:00 Haiku X86-64 - Success With Nightly Build 06:10 Setup Workaround: Installing Haiku X86 From Haiku X64-64 10:02 Final Configuration Cleanup for rEFInd 10:41 First Glimpse At Haiku On The Mac mini 11:12 Sound Issues ... with 4 possible solutions 13:32 Conclusion 🔔 Subscribe for more retro hardware adventures! Want to join THE PHINTAGE SUPPORTERS or THE PHINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS community and get a mention in an upcoming video? Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR/join This video was made possible with support by: THE PHINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS: Alisha Manuela Stutz Christian Zerrahn David Schell Ernesto Leonardo Bertola Waseem al sammane ZyeByteVT THE PHINTAGE SUPPORTERS: Aaron Balint Szikszay Brian Repinski CaffeinePizza Cecil Cinemint Media Clank CompuDroid GrayT! Ian Cobb ihartmacz Jack Beckman Jack Rosenthal Luke Granger-Brown Matthew Veety Mlok Karel MS-DOS Manfred nadrazhul NoOne PPCEmulator SoftMASCII Steven Glogger Wobinu Films xcalibur839 Z098 Visit also THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR website at https://www.thephintagecollector.ch for insights into my retro computer collection. This presentation, Copyright @ 2025 THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR, Gianpaolo Del Matto. All rights reserved. Individual Copyrights apply for referenced material (see sources). Music composed by 🎶 Abdallah El-Ghannam https://www.youtube.com/@AcrossTheU.S.A | https://www.fiverr.com/abdallahghannam 🎶 rootkitty | https://soundcloud.com/rootkitty ℹ️ Sources: # Hardware & Mac mini Reference https://support.apple.com/de-ch/111345 (Mac mini A1283 specs) https://support.apple.com/en-us/101198 (Mac mini 3,1 identifier details) https://support.apple.com/de-ch/106697 (Mac mini 3,1 technical specs) https://support.apple.com/en-us/101291 (Apple firmware overview) https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6611766?sortBy=rank (MacMini3,1 firmware discussion) # Getting Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta5/ https://download.haiku-os.org/nightly-images/ # Booting, EFI & Compatibility https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/uefi_booting/ https://mattgadient.com/linux-dvd-images-and-how-to-for-32-bit-efi-macs-late-2006-models/ https://github.com/anathonous/isomacprog (Tool for creating bootable images for EFI Macs) # rEFInd https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/features.html (incl. spoof_osx_version) https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/configfile.html # Haiku on Intel Macs https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/haiku-on-early-intel-macs.2382032/ https://www.reddit.com/r/haikuOS/comments/11naf71/having_install_trouble_on_mac_mini/ https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-on-x86-macbooks/14328 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-on-x86-macbooks/14328/13 (manual EFI loader copy workaround) https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-on-x86-macbooks/14328/12 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-on-mac/8815/19 # Bootloader & EFI Issues https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/efi-bootloader-installation/15574 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/uefi-haiku-boot-loader-for-x86-32-bit/11625/101?page=5 # Partitioning https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/308824/how-to-convert-a-drive-from-the-gpt-format-to-the-hybrid-gpt-mbr-format-when-usi https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gparted/-/issues/167#note_1281193 # Audio / Hardware Compatibility Issues https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/no-sound-on-hda-intel/5556 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/open-sound-system-for-haiku/8407 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/external-usb-soundcard-for-haiku/6679 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/blacklisting-of-hda-driver/13715 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/usb-audio-enabled-in-nightly-builds/14576 # Hardware Compatibility Lists https://hardware.besly.de/index.php?hardware=External_Sound_Adapter (USB audio compatibility, C-Media chips) # Haiku System & Package Management https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/daily-tasks/disable-package-entries https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/bootloader # Dual Boot / Mac-specific Workarounds https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/dual-boot-on-imac-8-1/13190/5 https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/dual-boot-on-imac-8-1/13190/11 # Cotton Squares https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7754772 (discussion about bundled BeOS music) https://genius.com/The-cotton-squares-5038-lyrics https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/the-cotton-squares-new-tunes/7194 https://www.benjaminoakes.com/2004/08/16/nostalgia/