Re: debian-installer for mac
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 12:36:06PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Le 23/10/2021 à 01:34, westlake a écrit :
> > hello d-i team members, i noticed there is probably an area for
> > improvement regarding getting bullseye to boot correctly on a mac.
> > (mac-mini 2012 in my case --- which has intel x86)
> >
> > I discovered where the problem was for my particular case and the fix
> > was relatively simple.
> >
> > Basically all I did was take one of the official bullseye installer
> > iso's and gave it a GPT-header.
>
> Which ISO image ? AFAICS,
>
> debian-11.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
> debian-11.1.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso
> debian-11.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso
> debian-11.1.0-i386-DVD-1.iso
> debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso
>
> already have a GPT header and an EFI system partition. Only
>
> debian-mac-11.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso
> debian-mac-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso
>
> do not have either.
>
As mentioned on debian-user: the debian-11.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso or the
debian-11.1.0-amd-DVD-1.iso are the appropriate ones to use.
The debian-mac images are for a couple of specific models from 2008/2009
which had problems recognising El Torito images.
Hope this helps,
Andy Cater
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