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  • Mac mini A1283 ... 2008.

    From peter@easthope.ca@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 15 18:30:01 2025
    Hi,

    According to https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple Debian
    may work on this machine. Anyone working with the same or similar?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#Technical_specifications_2
    indicates Intel Core 2 Duo. A late Merom or early Penryn.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core mentions 32 bit and 64 bit architectures. Is this machine 32 bits? 64?

    Thx, ... P.

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  • From Stefan Monnier@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 15 18:50:02 2025
    According to https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple Debian
    may work on this machine. Anyone working with the same or similar?

    IIRC this is also known as "macmini3,1". I don't have this specific
    machine, but I have an older one (macmini1,1, upgraded to macmini2,1).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#Technical_specifications_2
    indicates Intel Core 2 Duo. A late Merom or early Penryn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core mentions 32 bit and 64 bit architectures. Is this machine 32 bits? 64?

    My macmini had a 32bit-only CPU (Core Duo) but I upgraded its CPU to
    a Core 2 Duo (as well as upgraded its firmware to allow the use of the
    "full" 3GB of RAM that the hardware can control).

    The macmini2,1 has a 32bit EFI but you can boot a 64bit version of
    GNU/Linux, AFAIK (tho I used Debian i386 on it).

    According to https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/List_of_Mac_minis,
    a macmini3,1 can run macOS > 10.8 so its EFI should be 64 bit and Apple
    used it in "64bit only". It should work fine with both Debian i386
    and Debian amd64.


    Stefan

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  • From peter@easthope.ca@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 24 17:40:01 2025
    From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
    Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:43:20 -0400
    IIRC this is also known as "macmini3,1". I don't have this specific
    machine, but I have an older one (macmini1,1, upgraded to macmini2,1).

    ...

    According to https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/List_of_Mac_minis, a
    macmini3,1 can run macOS > 10.8 so its EFI should be 64 bit and Apple
    used it in "64bit only". It should work fine with both Debian i386
    and Debian amd64.

    Thanks Stefan.

    Currently it doesn't produce a display via the Mini DisplayPort to VGA
    adapter. I need to connect a DisplayPort monitor or connect via a
    Mini-DVI adapter. Etc.

    Thx, ... P.


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