#INSTALL LINUX ON A MAC MINI POWERPC HOW TO#

'refind.exe' download from a webbrowser internet explorer, firefox etcДЎ0) 1st window exporer ('EFI' partition disk) 'diskutil mount disk0s1' (to mount the EFI partion)ДҐ) 1st window explorer 'diskutil list' (to find the 'EFI' partion its about 200mb roughly) Select 'CHANGE' partition 2 4gb to file swap format.

I'll probably finish writing it over the next couple of weekends. Select 'CHANGE' partition 1 22gb to file ex4 format, partion and mount point When it's finished I'd like it to be a step-by-step guide to installing Debian on a Mac Mini, as I suspect that a lot of people from the i386 world will be buying these to play with Linux on a different processor architecture. IMPORTANT: ДЈ) INSERT USB WIFI DONGLE during install. Restart + then select efi (mint usb install) rufus, universal usb installer etcДЎ partition 22gb called LINUX as MSDOS FAT Дў partition 4gb SWAP as MSDOS FAT I didn't get it right the first time, so to make a long story short, here is what the final partitioning that worked looks like:ДЎ) create Live mint USB install, use any installer e.g. Chose to do manual partitioning (an option named 'something else' if I recall correctly). Asked to wipe everything and install, then got an error informing automatic partitioning wouldn't be able to install the bootloader. I downloaded live DVD, booted into it then selected Install Linux Mint.

I originally experimented with Mint 14 XFCE due to limited RAM (1Gb) but after upgrading to 4Gb decided to go Mint 15 MATE. My Mac mini model is A1283 (), YMMV if you have a different model.Дistro was Linux Mint 15 MATE 64bit. decided to reclaim all the HD for use in /home. I decided to make my mac mini Linux olny after installing in dual boot and then spending a few months without using Max OS X. If you want to dual boot OS X and Linux Mint there are other tutorials out there that work, normally involving Boot Camp and rEFIt or rEFInd.

#INSTALL LINUX ON A MAC MINI POWERPC HOW TO#

After going through a painful process to convert my Mac mini to a Linux only machine I decided to post how to do it.ДЄTTENTION: this is for people wanting to install Linux Mint 15 on a Mac Mini to become Linux only in SINGLE boot, without any Mac OS X alongside it.

Install linux on a mac mini powerpc