Hello, On 04/12/14 19:25, Brian Sammon wrote: > I was recently given a Mac Mini (Intel Mid 2007) that had been > wiped. > > I tried to install Debian (Wheezy) on it, and the installer reported > success, but when it came time to eject and reboot, Debian didn't > boot from the hard drive.
I would consider eject as a comfort at this stage. The reboot issue is the real issue here. > > Googling finds me various pages about installing Linux where one of > the steps is something like "Boot into OSX" If you do not want a dual boot computer, forget this part and consider your box as a regular box. > > Is there a way to install Debian/Linux on this machine that doesn't > involve buying or borrowing (or "borrowing") a copy of OSX? Take care as this model may be not be supported by last OS X. You do not need it. Is it > easier to install linux on a USB disk and run it off of that? > > Two particular subtasks that I may need to do that seem to require > OSX: 1) "Blessing" a partition 2) Checking what version of firmware > it has (some versions have BIOS compatibility) > > Any pointers/suggestions? I will look towards a grub issue, specially if your partition is a gpt partition table. For a gpt partition table, you must have a `bios grub' partition. > > I'm also looking into PureDarwin as a possible solution. > Debian is definitely better, do not trust the folks on the PureDarwin forums. Best wishes, Jerome > -- Jerome BENOIT, Ph.D. | jgmbenoit-at+rezozer*dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5480abfe.1010...@rezozer.net