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| = How to install Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" on a Mac mini = | = Installing Ubuntu on a Mac mini = |
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| Here's my guide '''how to install Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" on a Mac mini''' based on the MacBook one. | {{attachment:800px-Mac-mini-1st-gen.png}} |
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| This is the way to go if you ''don't care about Windows'' and want only Mac OS X and Linux with Boot Camp: 1. First, update MacOS X to the latest version using [http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/softwareupdates.html Software Update] and upgrade the [http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ firmware] to the latest version. 2. Once this is done install [http://refit.sourceforge.net/ rEFIt] following the [http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html documentation]: * Download and mount the [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/refit/rEFIt-0.8.dmg?download rEFIt-0.8.dmg] disk image. * Double-click on the '''rEFIt.mpkg''' package. * Follow the instructions and select your Mac OS X installation volume as the destination volume for the install. 3. Use the [http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/publicbeta.html Boot Camp] to partition the drive in two. When asked whether to create a driver disk, answer "no" and click on "reboot" at the end of the process. This way you have a shrinked Mac OS X partition and a windows partition which you will replace with some Linux partitions. 4. Get the [http://releases.ubuntu.com/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso Live CD] and boot on it. Choose your language and/or keymap. |
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| Select ''Start or install Ubuntu''. 1.#5 To install Ubuntu, double-click '''Install''' on your desktop, then click through the installer as usual. The defaults are fine most of the time. For the default partition scheme, follow these steps: |
== About == |
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| At step 5 of 6, "Prepare disk space", choose ''Manually edit partition table'' and click ''Forward''. Delete /dev/sda3 (and /dev/sda4 if it exists) from /dev/sda. Click ''Forward'', then ''Apply'', finally ''Close''. Still at step 5 of 6, "Prepare mount points", click ''Back'' and ''Back'' again. Now choose ''Use the largest continuous free space'' and click ''Forward''. ||<tablestyle="background: red; width:100%"> /!\ At step 6 of 6, "Ready to install", '''DO NOT''' click on ''Install'' '''JUST YET'''!|| 1.#6 '''Note: This step is no longer required in Ubuntu 7.04.''' |
This page helps you to find the right documentation, when you want to install '''Ubuntu''' on a '''Mac mini'''. |
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| To make GRUB installation work, GPT and MBR must be in sync and the boot partition must be of type Linux. Thanks to Debian's [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/refit refit] package, available in its unstable repository, GPT and MBR can be synced from within Ubuntu. After partitioning the Macintosh HD, but before installing GRUB, syncing must be done and the boot partition type must be set to Linux. (Since the installer always repartitions the disk automatically, breaking GPT/MBR sync, fixing the disk before starting the installation doesn't work!) | == Determine your hardware revision == |
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| Before clicking ''Install'', download and install the refit [http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/refit/refit_0.7-3_i386.deb .deb], then open a terminal and enter the following command ('''without hitting Enter!'''): {{{ sudo gptsync /dev/sda && sudo sfdisk -c /dev/sda 3 83 |
To determine which version / generation of Mac``mini you have, you can ... {{attachment:OSX.png}} either click in OS X on the Apple on the top left, then "About this Mac" -- "More Info...", see the generation in the "Model Identifier" row; or ... {{attachment:IconsPage/ubuntu.png}} ... under Ubuntu, you can find out what model you have, by typing at the terminal: {{{ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name |
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| 3 means Partition 3, the boot partition (where GRUB will be installed), adapt as necessary for a non-default partition scheme. 1.#7 Click ''Install'' to start the installation process. |
{{attachment:IconsPage/terminal.png}} A terminal is opened by going to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. |
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| During ''Installing system - Copying files...'', return to the terminal and execute the command you entered before by pressing Enter. | It will tell you something like ''Mac``mini``2,1'' for example. |
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| Answer the question ''`May I update the MBR as printed above? [y/N]`'' with '''`y`'''. | == MacBook Hardware Revisions and Ubuntu version-specific wikis == |
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| If you did not select any partitions for use as swap space, the window "Do you want to return to the partitioning menu?" pops up, pausing the installation until you click ''Continue''. Then you won't have to wait and fix the disk while the installer is copying files. '''No matter how you do it, the disk must be fixed before GRUB is installed, at 94 % installation progress!''' 1.#8 The installation will be completed without an error. Choose ''Restart now'' to reboot. 1.#9 The rEFIt menu offers a choice between ''Boot Mac OS X from Macintosh HD'' and ''Boot Linux from HD''. Select ''Boot Linux from HD'' to boot into the newly installed distribution. |
Now choose the link to the wiki of your hardware revision and the Ubuntu version you are looking for. If you haven't decided yet, what version you like to install: We recommend to '''install the latest official Ubuntu version'''. If there is no such a wiki available, ask for help in the [[http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=328|support forum]]! |
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| 1.#10 To make the sound working, you have to unmute ''IEC958''. To make the change of the volume working, right-click on the volume icon, click ''Preferences'' and select ''Side''. | * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mac_mini1-1 |Mac mini 1,1]]: * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mac_mini2-1 |Mac mini 2,1]]: |
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Installing Ubuntu on a Mac mini
About
This page helps you to find the right documentation, when you want to install Ubuntu on a Mac mini.
Determine your hardware revision
To determine which version / generation of Macmini you have, you can ...
either click in OS X on the Apple on the top left, then "About this Mac" -- "More Info...", see the generation in the "Model Identifier" row; or ...
... under Ubuntu, you can find out what model you have, by typing at the terminal:
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
A terminal is opened by going to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.
It will tell you something like Macmini2,1 for example.
MacBook Hardware Revisions and Ubuntu version-specific wikis
Now choose the link to the wiki of your hardware revision and the Ubuntu version you are looking for. If you haven't decided yet, what version you like to install: We recommend to install the latest official Ubuntu version. If there is no such a wiki available, ask for help in the support forum!