Re: Firmware upgrade on a Mac Mini A1283 ... 2008.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> (as well as upgraded its firmware to allow the use of the "full" 3GB 
>> of RAM that the hardware can control).
[...]
> Memory upgrade may require firmware upgrade.  Firmware upgrade 
> requires  MacOS; correct?  

I believe so, yes.

> Linux has replaced MacOS here.  If a firmware upgrade is necessary, I 
> can try booting from MacOS on USB storage.  A more efficient way?

IIRC that's what I did back then, yes.
This said, I don't know that a memory upgrade on your machine requires
a firmware upgrade.  For my old(er) Mac mini, a firmware upgrade was
needed to bump the max RAM limit, but I don't know whether that's
a frequent or a rare need.


        Stefan