MacgyverPT
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Hi guys.
I've a old MacMini (late 2009 => Core 2 Duo CPU (P8700) @ 2.53GHz, 8GB PC3-8500 DDR3 RAM @ 1066MHz, Nvidia Geforce 9400M, 80GB HDD) and I was sick of OSx, so I want install a fresh new flavour on this machine. The choice was obvious and we called Debian
The process is very simple:
1) Create a bootable USB with Etcher. Download the .iso (I downloaded netInstall 64bits) and on Etcher, select the .iso, select the usd disk and... wait few minutes
2) Insert the usb disk on Mac, and when press power button, press also command key (on "common" keyboard was "ALT" (left) key)
3) The installation was the same on PC. Next... Select partitions, select timezone, create passwords and users and... Reboot
When you reboot, the wireless didn't work propertly, so, plug the ethernet (rj45) cable, and install the follow packages:
1) Open sources.list
2) Add this two lines:
3) Install the packages:
When finish, reboot and... voilá!
Enjoy the new fresh and updated system! I only try with Debian, so I belive that other distribution also work
I've a old MacMini (late 2009 => Core 2 Duo CPU (P8700) @ 2.53GHz, 8GB PC3-8500 DDR3 RAM @ 1066MHz, Nvidia Geforce 9400M, 80GB HDD) and I was sick of OSx, so I want install a fresh new flavour on this machine. The choice was obvious and we called Debian
The process is very simple:
1) Create a bootable USB with Etcher. Download the .iso (I downloaded netInstall 64bits) and on Etcher, select the .iso, select the usd disk and... wait few minutes
2) Insert the usb disk on Mac, and when press power button, press also command key (on "common" keyboard was "ALT" (left) key)
3) The installation was the same on PC. Next... Select partitions, select timezone, create passwords and users and... Reboot
When you reboot, the wireless didn't work propertly, so, plug the ethernet (rj45) cable, and install the follow packages:
1) Open sources.list
Code:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
2) Add this two lines:
Code:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
3) Install the packages:
Code:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
When finish, reboot and... voilá!
Enjoy the new fresh and updated system! I only try with Debian, so I belive that other distribution also work
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