Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 on the Mac Mini
Last week I replaced my old noisy computer with mac mini.
Sometimes you have to work both in Windows and Linux, without thinking for a long time,
I installed three operating systems on it at once.
Under habrakat a small note about what came of it and how to do it.
The article will be used
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Mac Mini MC238RS / A
Intel Core2Duo P7550 2.24 GHz processor with 3 MB L2 Cache
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics Accelerator
RAM 2 Gb DDR3, operating at a frequency of 1066 Mhz.
Fujitsu 160 GB hard drive
Optical SuperDrive (DVD ± R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW)
10/100 / 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet network adapter
Built-in speaker
WiFi Airport Extreme compatible with IEEE 802.11a / b / g / n
Bluetooth 2.1, IRDA
Available 5 USB ports, 1 Firewire 800, analog / digital audio input and audio output, also Mini DisplayPort and mini-DVI.
The size is 16550,8165 mm.
It looks like this
Since Apple uses EFI instead of BIOS in its computers, you need to create a hybrid GPT / MBR markup.
This can be done using the Bootcamp program.
To do this, run the wizard, determine the size of the partition under Windows, and click "split into sections". It is highly recommended to backup your data.
Now insert the disk with the system and proceed to the installation.
The partition we need is labeled BOOTCAMP.
The photographer of me is bad, sorry.
All the necessary drivers are on the disc with Mac OS X.
By the way, the performance index
There are no problems with hardware, also in Windows the Mac OS section will be available in read mode.
C Ubuntu more difficult, the installer does not know how to work with hybrid markup, so we reboot into OSX, run the "Disk Utility" and select the partition for Linux.
Insert a disk with Ubuntu, reboot the computer and hold down the Option key (on the PC keyboards is Alt), a menu will appear in which you need to select the optical drive.
Next, install the system from the LiveCD. Everything is as usual, just select the manual markup, reformat the partition created by FAT under the root system.
IMPORTANT, the GRUB bootloader should not be written to the MBR, but to the beginning of the root partition (for example / dev / sda3 ).
Failures and problems with iron are not noticed.
The only thing I encountered was the lack of sound.
It is treated by adding the options snd-hda-intel model = mb5 line in the /etc/modules.d/alsa-base.conf file
To start the menu with the choice of operating system, install rEFIt.
It can be installed either using the installer or manually. For more information, you can refer to the project documentation.
The appearance is configured in the configuration file /efi/refit/refit.conf
For example,
disables unnecessary graphics.
As a result, we get a quiet and compact computer, with Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Windows on board for relatively little money (25 thousand rubles, when compared with other older Macs).
Separate investments - the cost of Windows 7 (from three thousand rubles)
Mac Mini on Apple
EFI on Wikipedia
Bootcamp
rEFIt
rEFIt Humanity Icon Theme
Sometimes you have to work both in Windows and Linux, without thinking for a long time,
I installed three operating systems on it at once.
Under habrakat a small note about what came of it and how to do it.
The article will be used
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Windows 7 Home Basic
- Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
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Iron characteristics
Mac Mini MC238RS / A
Intel Core2Duo P7550 2.24 GHz processor with 3 MB L2 Cache
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics Accelerator
RAM 2 Gb DDR3, operating at a frequency of 1066 Mhz.
Fujitsu 160 GB hard drive
Optical SuperDrive (DVD ± R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW)
10/100 / 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet network adapter
Built-in speaker
WiFi Airport Extreme compatible with IEEE 802.11a / b / g / n
Bluetooth 2.1, IRDA
Available 5 USB ports, 1 Firewire 800, analog / digital audio input and audio output, also Mini DisplayPort and mini-DVI.
The size is 16550,8165 mm.
It looks like this
What is required
- Mac OS, Windows, Linux distributions
- Bootcamp program, and rEFIt bootloader
- 2-3 hours of time and some patience
Install Windows 7
Since Apple uses EFI instead of BIOS in its computers, you need to create a hybrid GPT / MBR markup.
This can be done using the Bootcamp program.
To do this, run the wizard, determine the size of the partition under Windows, and click "split into sections". It is highly recommended to backup your data.
Now insert the disk with the system and proceed to the installation.
The partition we need is labeled BOOTCAMP.
The photographer of me is bad, sorry.
All the necessary drivers are on the disc with Mac OS X.
By the way, the performance index
There are no problems with hardware, also in Windows the Mac OS section will be available in read mode.
Installing Ubuntu 10.04
C Ubuntu more difficult, the installer does not know how to work with hybrid markup, so we reboot into OSX, run the "Disk Utility" and select the partition for Linux.
Insert a disk with Ubuntu, reboot the computer and hold down the Option key (on the PC keyboards is Alt), a menu will appear in which you need to select the optical drive.
Next, install the system from the LiveCD. Everything is as usual, just select the manual markup, reformat the partition created by FAT under the root system.
IMPORTANT, the GRUB bootloader should not be written to the MBR, but to the beginning of the root partition (for example / dev / sda3 ).
Failures and problems with iron are not noticed.
The only thing I encountered was the lack of sound.
It is treated by adding the options snd-hda-intel model = mb5 line in the /etc/modules.d/alsa-base.conf file
rEFIt
To start the menu with the choice of operating system, install rEFIt.
It can be installed either using the installer or manually. For more information, you can refer to the project documentation.
The appearance is configured in the configuration file /efi/refit/refit.conf
For example,
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disables unnecessary graphics.
What is the result?
As a result, we get a quiet and compact computer, with Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Windows on board for relatively little money (25 thousand rubles, when compared with other older Macs).
Separate investments - the cost of Windows 7 (from three thousand rubles)
Links
Mac Mini on Apple
EFI on Wikipedia
Bootcamp
rEFIt
rEFIt Humanity Icon Theme
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/93042/
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