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== First try... == | |||
It should be surprisingly easy according to [https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel this page]... | It should be surprisingly easy according to [https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel this page]... | ||
# <strike>[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/iso-dvd/ debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso]</strike> Go [http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/ here] and download the first dvd iso of the latest release. | |||
# I am installing on [http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-2-duo-2.0-early-2009-nvidia-specs.html 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 ([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 ;-) | ||
== Second try... == | |||
I started over and installed without any graphical desktop because i never use that on unix/linux systems. | |||
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... | |||
== Third try == | |||
This might help: [https://askubuntu.com/a/353993 Mac Mini (late 2012) will not show any wireless networks]. | |||
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer | |||
Then [https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse configure] the wireless interface as appropriate. | |||
This is what dmesk looks like when the WLAN interface driver works: | |||
<pre>fmj@minibian:~$ sudo dmesg |grep b43 | |||
[ 3.933890] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29) | |||
[ 3.934307] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7 (HT), Revision 1 | |||
[ 3.934316] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2059, Revision 0, Version 1 | |||
[ 3.934317] b43-phy0 warning: 5 GHz band is unsupported on this PHY | |||
[ 3.936382] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ucode29_mimo.fw | |||
[ 3.936601] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ht0initvals29.fw | |||
[ 3.936831] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw | |||
[ 3.977886] b43 bcma0:1 wlp2s0b1: renamed from wlan0 | |||
fmj@minibian:~$</pre> | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 19 February 2021
First try...
It should be surprisingly easy according to this page...
debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.isoGo here and download the first dvd iso of the latest release.- I am installing on this Macmini 3,1.
- The internal DVD "Superdrive" would not accept the freshly burned DVD so i attached my external USB DVD and that worked... Apple optical drives suck ;-)
- Non free firmware (b43/ucode11.fw) is needed to make the wireless NIC work according to the install dvd. I opted to not supply this during DVD install.
It worked like a charm... question now isfor what purpose i should use it ;-)
Second try...
I started over and installed without any graphical desktop because i never use that on unix/linux systems.
When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that iwconfig, wich is part of wireless-tools, were missing after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware.
http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig was a big help too...
Third try
This might help: Mac Mini (late 2012) will not show any wireless networks.
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer
Then configure the wireless interface as appropriate.
This is what dmesk looks like when the WLAN interface driver works:
fmj@minibian:~$ sudo dmesg |grep b43 [ 3.933890] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29) [ 3.934307] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7 (HT), Revision 1 [ 3.934316] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2059, Revision 0, Version 1 [ 3.934317] b43-phy0 warning: 5 GHz band is unsupported on this PHY [ 3.936382] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ucode29_mimo.fw [ 3.936601] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ht0initvals29.fw [ 3.936831] b43 bcma0:1: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw [ 3.977886] b43 bcma0:1 wlp2s0b1: renamed from wlan0 fmj@minibian:~$