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# The internal DVD "Superdrive" would not accept the freshly burned DVD so i attached my external USB DVD and that worked... Apple optical drives suck ;-) | # The internal DVD "Superdrive" would not accept the freshly burned DVD so i attached my external USB DVD and that worked... Apple optical drives suck ;-) | ||
# Non free firmware ([https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx b43/ucode11.fw]) is needed to make the wireless NIC work according to the install dvd. I opted to not supply this during DVD install. | # Non free firmware ([https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx b43/ucode11.fw]) is needed to make the wireless NIC work according to the install dvd. I opted to not supply this during DVD install. | ||
It worked like a charm... question now | It worked like a charm... question now isfor what purpose i should use it ;-) | ||
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I started over and installed without any graphical destop. When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that [https://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig iwconfig] wich is part of [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=wireless-tools wireless-tools] were missing, after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware. [http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig ] was a big help too... | I started over and installed without any graphical destop. When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that [https://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig iwconfig] wich is part of [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=wireless-tools wireless-tools] were missing, after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware. [http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig ] was a big help too... | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 17 June 2017
It should be surprisingly easy according to this page...
- debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.
- I am installing on this Macmini 3,1.
- The internal DVD "Superdrive" would not accept the freshly burned DVD so i attached my external USB DVD and that worked... Apple optical drives suck ;-)
- Non free firmware (b43/ucode11.fw) is needed to make the wireless NIC work according to the install dvd. I opted to not supply this during DVD install.
It worked like a charm... question now isfor what purpose i should use it ;-)
I started over and installed without any graphical destop. When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that iwconfig wich is part of wireless-tools were missing, after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware. [1] was a big help too...