On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 09:47:43PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:02:41 -0500 > Stephen Muscarella <cont...@muscarella.info> wrote: > > > I downloaded the debian-10.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso image from the home > > page on Big Sur. > > ... > > > Any thoughts or ideas? > > I suspect corruption during downloading. Did you check the checksums? > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify For the checksums, > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/amd64/iso-cd/ > > I'm no expert on Macs, but I see on that page > debian-mac-10.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso. Are you getting the right > architecture? >
That image was for a limited subset of Intel based Macs some years ago - see various discussions elsewhere in this list. The AMD64 image should work for current Intel-based Macs. If you're prepared to pay for software for your Macs, VMWare and Parallels both support Debian well. Hope this helps, Andy C. > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ >
