Andy Cater wrote: >On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:20:19AM -0400, Carl N wrote: >> Can anyone please help me with this installation? >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBook/2-1 >> >> the line: >> grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/usb >> --boot-directory=/mnt/usb/boot --bootloader-id=boot --removable >> >> I try this and it says 'doesn't look like an EFI file system" >> >> I'm really stuck here. >> >> This macbook supports 64 bit operating system but the UEFI requires 32 bit >> >> that line I entered in the terminal (From the install guide) doesn't work. >> any help is appreciated > >Ignore most of the above: > >There is a CD image that will work here: > >https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-mac-10.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso
Sorry, no. That's a good answer for solving awkward problems for *even older* Mac machines, but not this one. The machine that Carl has is similar to the Bay Trail netbooks - it's 64-bit but with crappy firmware that's limited to 32-bit only. Carl: please try the multi-arch netinst from https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-10.9.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso instead. That will start in 32-bit UEFI, then install a 64-bit system with a 32-bit version of Grub etc. You should not need to do anything special for this to work. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
