Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMacS

[Mike Hore <mike_hore@aapt.net.au>]

Hi again,

I was directed to the wiki:

http://wiki.debian.org/iMacIntel

Apparently this section has been updated:

Update (2011/08/12) : aluminium iMac Intel 12,1 / Wheezy , see the
"video" section.

However this didn't work for me.  Even applying the radeon.modeset=0 
line in the boot parameters just leads to a blank screen with a flashing 
cursor at the top.  Booting into rescue mode gives me a root shell, and 
I applied the suggested updates to /etc/apt/sources.list, but aptitude 
update failed with messages saying the server locations couldn't be 
resolved.  I tried a ping to the actual IP address, but got the message 
"Network unreachable".

So I'm still stuck.  I think this could possibly be bug # 627705, lack 
of kernel support for the Broadcom ethernet card.  But I'm not sure.  My 
installer was a weekly build from a few weeks ago -- should I try a 
later build?  I don't want to take the time if I'm just going to end up 
in the same place.

Cheers,  Mike.

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          Mike Hore        mike_hore@aapt.net.au
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