On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:25:37 -0500
Brian Sammon debian-users-l...@brisammon.fastmail.fm wrote:
I was recently given a Mac Mini (Intel Mid 2007) that had been wiped.
...
Is there a way to install Debian/Linux on this machine that doesn't involve
buying or borrowing (or borrowing) a copy of OSX?
On 12/05/2014 08:32 AM, Brian Sammon wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:39:08 -0800
Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.com wrote:
As mentioned earlier, your machine is currently not using EFI.
I missed that -- and how do I know that for sure?
If the Debian installer has installed grub-pc(-*)
Brian 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.
Googling finds me various pages about installing
On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:51:11 +
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote:
Hi Brian,
You might be in luck - I'm looking into installer stuff right now and
I've literally just got an Intel Mac Mini like yours last night to
play with. To the best of my knowledge, the Mac Mini you've got *is*
Brian wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:51:11 +
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote:
Hi Brian,
You might be in luck - I'm looking into installer stuff right now and
I've literally just got an Intel Mac Mini like yours last night to
play with. To the best of my knowledge, the Mac Mini
On 12/05/2014 10:55 AM, Brian Sammon wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:51:11 +
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote:
Hi Brian,
You might be in luck - I'm looking into installer stuff right now and
I've literally just got an Intel Mac Mini like yours last night to
play with. To the best of my
On 2014-12-05 19:18, Steve McIntyre wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, the Mac Mini you've got *is* EFI
capable, but doesn't work in quite the way we'd normally expect.
IIRC Apple's EFI is (was) not exactly what now is known as UEFI
standard. None of my Mac Minis did work with the Debian
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.
Googling finds me various pages about installing Linux where
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
On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 01:25:37PM -0500, 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
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.
[...]
Is there a way to install Debian/Linux on this machine
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:46:22 +0100
Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net wrote:
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?
On 04/12/14 21:30, Brian Sammon wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:46:22 +0100
Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net wrote:
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
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:46:22 +0100
Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net wrote:
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?
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:46:09 -0500
Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca 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
On 12/04/2014 04:29 PM, Brian Sammon wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:46:09 -0500
Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca 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
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Brian Sammon
debian-users-l...@brisammon.fastmail.fm 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
On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 08:01:48 +0900
Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote:
Can we conclude that you have read this page
https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel
I have read this page, and I'm hoping to add a If you don't have OSX section
to it, once I figure out what to add.
and followed
On 12/04/2014 01:29 PM, Brian Sammon wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2014
14:46:09 -0500
Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca 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
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:34:22 -0800
Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.com wrote:
Installing to the MBR should fix your booting problems.
This brings to mind another question/issue: I need to educate myself on how
MBRs work on EFI machines.
Questions such as:
When it says it's installing Grub
On 12/04/2014 09:25 PM, Brian Sammon wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:34:22 -0800
Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.com wrote:
Installing to the MBR should fix your booting problems.
This brings to mind another question/issue: I need to
educate myself on how MBRs work on EFI machines.
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:39:08 -0800
Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.com wrote:
As mentioned earlier, your machine is currently not using EFI.
I missed that -- and how do I know that for sure?
Is it possible that it's trying to use EFI, but my debian install is trying to
do something
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