Debian on a Mac Mini: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:31, 17 June 2017

First try...

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 ;-)

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...

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 # <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/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=ym9063pd19x this Macmini 3,1].
+# 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.