#How to open a mac mini g4 mac os

I might do that simply by configuring the FreeBSD accordingly, but again as I said, that 's a time consuming activity for me as a beginner. The G4 used dissipates around 21W at 1.42GHz, and 18.3W at 1.25GHz. What I need is the basic NAS functionality, to be used by the network cameras as the storage. The advantage of the G4 used in the Mac Mini is that it produces very little heat relative to an x86 processor with comparable computational power, making it ideal for the small space inside the Mac Mini.

#How to open a mac mini g4 mac os

Don't know if I can try FreeNAS 8, using USB boot on an Intel Mac mini, without affecting the data (the Mac OS X, actually).

Actually I haven't even used or tried any FreeNAS on any hardware. I grabbed a cheap one off of eBay sometime ago, and I’ve had it sitting around waiting for the right stretch of free time to open it up and go to work. In this respect, I don't think I need all value-adds of FreeNAS. Icon credit to Kyo-Tux via the Creative Commons license 4.0. That is why I have hoped for a PowerPC version of FreeNAS. All those Mac minis (PowerPC) are destined for death and they should make use of something, and a NVR usage prefectly fits that.īut to do that, I can't afford to spend excessive time on customizing the software or its configuration. as a Network video Recorder, but however my basic aim is to make use of old but working hardware, not to update the OS of a NVR I recently bought. That fits perfectly for a device which was designed e.g. the FreeNAS should be installed into a small sized (~64MB?) USB connected or direct Compact Flash card and the main storage must lie somewhere else. As far as I understand it, FreeNAS, particularly its latest version 8, put some restrictions onto the hardware, e.g.