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

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers,

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

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers, Mike. The

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

2011-09-16 Thread Mike Hore
Hi Scott, On 16/09/11 15:56, Mike Hore wrote: Hi again -- Hmm... no replies. I take it then that NOBODY is running Debian on one of this year's iMacs?? Maybe I should just go away and try again in a few months? Cheers, Mike. I don't run a Mac - or I'd have posted ear

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

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Hore
k 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. -----

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

2011-09-12 Thread Mike Hore
time if I'm just going to end up in the same place. Cheers, Mike. ------- Mike Hore mike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- ---

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

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Hore
-- 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. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --

Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMacS

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Hore
with the video driver and ethernet card, and possibly other things as well. (I see there have been similar problems with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE). Cheers, Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h

Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Hore
Cheers, Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: Install on new iMac failing

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Hore
On 8/08/11 12:18 PM, Mike Hore wrote: Has anybody had any success installing any version of Debian on a new iMac? As I've posted below, I suspect a kernel incompatibility with the new AMD graphics chip. If somebody could confirm this for me, I'll post a bug report to try to get some

Re: Install on new iMac failing

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Hore
: Yes Built-In: Yes Connection Type: DisplayPort Cheers, Mike. --- Mike Hore mike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- ------

Re: Install on new iMac failing

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Hore
Off Online: Yes Built-In: Yes Connection Type: DisplayPort Cheers, Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Install on new iMac failing

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: On 6/08/11 1:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote: I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. It gives me a big list of

Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-06 Thread Mike Hore
On 6/08/11 1:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote: I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. It gives me a big list of drivers to c

Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread Mike Hore
On 6/08/11 1:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote: I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. It gives me a big list of drivers to c

Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread Mike Hore
can't proceed further. Is this a known problem? Should I try a weekly Testing build? TIA, Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- To U

[solved] Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
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Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
. -- Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --- How did you format the MBR Mike? I suspect you mean a partition :-) Yes - in the partitioner during the install process. I can't remember why I monkeyed with it,

Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
On 13/06/11 9:08 PM, Mike Hore wrote: On 13/06/11 8:45 PM, Andreas Weber wrote: On 2011-06-13 11:39, Mike Hore wrote: I should have added, that in all cases I installed GRUB on my Linux partition (/dev/sda2), not the MBR. Also I always set the bootable flag on that partition to "on"

Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
On 13/06/11 8:45 PM, Andreas Weber wrote: On 2011-06-13 11:39, Mike Hore wrote: I should have added, that in all cases I installed GRUB on my Linux partition (/dev/sda2), not the MBR. Also I always set the bootable flag on that partition to "on". Is this what I should be doing? In

Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
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Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Hore
bie although I am very new to Intel hardware. Any other suggestions Cheers, Mike. --- Mike Horemike_h...@aapt.net.au --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-12 Thread Mike Hore
Hi Andu, On 2011-06-12 04:26, Mike Hore wrote: 3. Install rEFIt on the Mac. Don't forget to run enable-always.sh. It's installed, but I don't know what you mean by enable-always.sh. Sorry, I'm new to this. In MacOS, open up a terminal, go to /efi/refit/ and run 'e

Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-11 Thread Mike Hore
On 12/06/11 12:37 AM, Andreas Weber wrote: On 2011-06-11 14:14, Mike Hore wrote: I've installed EFI to control which partition to boot off. Do you mean http://refit.sourceforge.net/ ? You can't install EFI, it's already on the machine like BIOS was on old hardware. Hi An

Can't install on an Intel iMac

2011-06-11 Thread Mike Hore
here's a Wiki article about Intel Macs, but it talks about custom kernels and I don't want to go there. I don't want a Windows partition, just Mac and Linux. I'm getting nowhere -- I'd be grateful for any help!! Cheers, Mike. -- --