Re: Looking for Debian unofficial install for mac with firmware...
Hi Rick,
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 03:17:14AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>For a friend...
>
>Does there exist a Buster Debian amd64 installer for mac with non-free firmware?
>
>He has a been given a 2006 vintage quad core MacPro1,1
> https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-3.0-specs.html
>That he'd like to get Linux running on.
Sorry, we've never made a firmware-included version of the
Mac-specific installer image.
Does that machine actually *need* that particular combination? The
mac-specific image is only there for a small number of macs whose
firmware can't cope with both BIOS and UEFI boot machinery in the same
image. It's worth testing with a normal image first. We try *not* to
build a complete matrix of every possible image type with all options,
purely for logistical reasons.
>A live image for the same would be nice too!
Again, that's a lot of effort for a tiny number of possible users at
this point. Sorry.
>I notice that the webpage at
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.3.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
>
>mentions a mac image as if it *should* be there, but it's not in the
>list of files. Is that an oversight, or was there a conscious
>decision to drop "mac" support with 10.3 ?
Oops, no. I think that's a bug in the code that generates that web
page. I'll fix that now.
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