Debian on a Mac Mini

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

  1. debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso Go here and download the first dvd iso of the latest release.
  2. I am installing on this Macmini 3,1.
  3. 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 ;-)
  4. 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...

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