Debian on a Mac Mini: Difference between revisions

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It should be surprisingly easy according to this page...

~~debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso~~ Go here and download the first dvd iso of the latest release.
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.

http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig was a big help too...

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 # 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 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 http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig] was a big help too...
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