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The best way to rewrite the partition table on a Mac Mini is with the OS X boot DVD. Insert it, reboot, and press C until it boots from the DVD. At that point, get to where you can start Disk Utility, then:

• Select your disk. It should be the 120G drive.
• Select partition.
• Select options
• At this point, change from GUID to MBR partition table

I also partitioned it as type Unix, but I think you can skip this as long as you get the partition table written. I couldn't figure how to eject the Tiger disk at this point. So, reboot!

At this point, your disk is hosed as far as booting. You need to get the DVD out and the best way to do that is to be pressing your mouse button while it boots. (I did the left mouse button on a Logitech mouse.) When the DVD ejects, insert your OpenSolaris DVD. I can't remember if it booted then or I had to reboot. If you need to reboot, remember to press C.

The other thing to note is that I selected the standard installation (and not the developer's installation). I partitioned the drive as follows:

0   /              20480
1   swap            4096
3   /a1            20480
4   /a2            20480
5   /zap           38632
6   ----           -----
7   /export/home   10240

/a1 and /a2 allow me to do Live Upgrades if I need to. I can also scavenge /export/home if needed (i.e., I'd have a NFS homedir server). These are mainly test machines.

And when it boots and is networked:

partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 14590 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm    7054 -  9664       20.00GB    (2611/0/0)   41945715
  1       swap    wu       3 -   525        4.01GB    (523/0/0)     8401995
  2     backup    wm       0 - 14589      111.77GB    (14590/0/0) 234388350
  3 unassigned    wm    4443 -  7053       20.00GB    (2611/0/0)   41945715
  4 unassigned    wm    1832 -  4442       20.00GB    (2611/0/0)   41945715
  5 unassigned    wm    9665 - 14589       37.73GB    (4925/0/0)   79120125
  6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
  7       home    wm     526 -  1831       10.00GB    (1306/0/0)   20980890
  8       boot    wu       0 -     0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)         16065
  9 alternates    wu       1 -     2       15.69MB    (2/0/0)         32130