[wplug] linux on a Mac Mini without OSX

John Lewis oflameo2 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 05:27:23 EST 2014


You can try the instructions in this blog post, but I doubt it would
help http://www.sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/.

On 11/20/2014 08:30 PM, Brian Sammon wrote:
> So, I got one of the Pgh Filmmakers Mac Minis (with a wiped hard drive), and now I'm trying to get OSX installed on it.
> But it seems like every set of instructions I read has "Boot into Mac OSX" as one of the steps.
> Anyone have any idea/tips on how to get Linux installed without installing/buying MacOSX first?
> Is it easier if I just install linux to a thumbdrive and boot from USB every time?
> 
> I tried installing debian--it booted from the CD just fine, and it told me it had completed the install and installed a bootloader successfully, but it didn't boot from the hard drive afterwards.
> 
> Some subtasks that seem like they might be necessary and might require OSX:
>   Checking/upgrading my firmware version
>   "Blessing" a partition
>   Installing rEFIt or rEFInd
> 
> I'm looking into http://www.puredarwin.org/
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