Old debian-mac-*-netinst.iso images
We currently still build debian-mac-12.10.0-i386-netinst.iso and
debian-mac-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso images.
These are for an *old* Intel-based Mac Mini that had issues with
image booting from certain disk layouts. From the wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel#Macmini_2.2C1 - this was a long
time ago.
Most of these machines will be long since gone. In the same way that
we stopped producing specific 32 bit UEFI images and rolled those
into the 64 bit installer - removing the need for those multi-arch
images - can we now afford to do the same for these images?
*Most* modern Intel-based Macs will boot from the standard AMD64
install media though some may then have other firmware issues
e.g. T2 chip and touch bar.
Users have occasionally been confused and downloaded the wrong image.
I noticed the images were still there in the release testiing for
12.10 today.
Thoughts?
Andy Cater
(amacater@debian.org)
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