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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]...


* [http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/iso-dvd/ debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso].
# [http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/iso-dvd/ debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso].
* 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/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=ym9063pd19x 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 ;-)
# 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 is to what use ;-)
It worked like a charm... question now is to what use ;-)
I started over and installed without any graphical destop. When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that [https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=wireless-tools wireless-tools] were missing, after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware.


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Revision as of 23:21, 14 October 2016

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

  1. debian-8.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.
  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 is to what use ;-)

I started over and installed without any graphical destop. When trying to set up wlan0 i discovered that wireless-tools were missing, after i installed the non-free b43 wireless firmware.