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Bug#613891: marked as done (installation-guide: How to install Debian on Mac)

Your message dated Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:02:38 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#613891: installation for Mac
has caused the Debian Bug report #613891,
regarding installation-guide: How to install Debian on Mac
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Package: installation-guide
Version: squeeze
Severity: wishlist


Hi,

I'd like to know if it's possible to create a manual or some parts about 
installation for Mac. Because there're several specific issues I don't find: how
is handled EFI? How to deal with partitioning (for dual boot or single boot on Debian),
How to deal with Grub? Does the installer install appropriate packages to boot?
Also, for boot medias: can I use a liveCD? a USB key? ...

If that's not planned, where can I have detailed info about this? A step-to-step
manual or tutorial?

Thanks,

Regards,



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

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Quoting Jean-Philippe MENGUAL (mengualjeanphi@free.fr):
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry but the manual says nothing about Mac. Ok I can say that
> architectures are similar, so it probably works with i386 CDs ... but
> what about boot? filesystem? ... I don't see any specific information.
> Thanks to point me an example if there is. Because Mac, even if it's
> nearly as a PC, has differences and I don't know if Debian, in
> particular free kernel, knows to detect this kind of hardware.

Recent "Macs" can probably be installed with the same set of support
than "PCs".

Indeed, this  "Mac/PC" difference doesn't really mean anything
nowadays and "Mac" machine are just fancy (and expensive) "PCs",
contrary to what Apple zealots seem to believe (we probably all know
they confuse hardware and operating systems)..:-)

So, I really don't see why the documentation should say that Debian
can be installed on recent Apple hardware with i386/amd64
supports.....after all, we don't say that these media are fine to
install on Dell, HP, Acer, foobar machines..

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