Comments on Victor Costan: Ubuntu 10.04 on Mac Mini

it was usefull for me too. thank you. jjR

2011-09-20T09:57:45.254-04:00

it was usefull for me too. thank you.
jjR

good guide, thanks. i've just installed debia...

2011-09-14T10:00:52.923-04:00

good guide, thanks. i've just installed debian wheezy netinst (grub installed at /dev/sda3) and it seems all works fine.

Fixed. Passing to the kernel in the grub line nouv...

2011-08-19T09:33:12.349-04:00

Fixed. Passing to the kernel in the grub line nouveau.modeset=0

After following all steps, I got rEFIt works, I...

2011-08-19T08:16:01.120-04:00

After following all steps, I got rEFIt works, I'd installed successfully (that means, the installation process was ok) Ubuntu 11, and I see the penguin in the boot menu, BUT, when I click the penguin, I get the grub menu, and after selecting the first option, I get garbage in the screen and the machine stops working.

I have a Mac Mini with Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, NV9400m and 2 GB ram

aveilleux: and microphone works??

2010-12-27T10:51:25.545-05:00

aveilleux:

and microphone works??

Ubuntu 10.10 fully installed and ready to go (on t...

2010-12-24T22:42:38.662-05:00

Ubuntu 10.10 fully installed and ready to go (on the 3,1). No special configuration needed, apart from installing the nonfree nVidia drivers.

FANTASTIC.

Ubuntu 10.10 installs and boots just fine on a Min...

2010-12-24T02:25:27.740-05:00

Ubuntu 10.10 installs and boots just fine on a Mini 3,1.

rEFIt doesn't like playing well with the Apple EFI, though (it refused to stay the "blessed" loader), so I modified an AppleScript I found online [1] and set it to start at login, making sure rEFIt would be "blessed" for the next boot. I took the code from /efi/refit/enable-always.sh [2], copied it to enable-copy.sh (in the same dir), and removed all the variables and arch checks (replacing them with their expected values) [3].

So far (I'm not done yet), the CLI system installed from the Alternate CD works fine. Upon building my system to start X, it suddenly decides to not work and boot to a black screen after GRUB. Haven't had a chance to try sound yet, but rebooting works without configuration.

[1] http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/547152/
[2] http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/547145/
[3] http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/547146/

thanks for the points 4,5 and 6. which is very use...

2010-12-03T12:37:15.019-05:00

thanks for the points 4,5 and 6.
which is very useful for me. once again am thanking you...

on 10.10 the machine does boots, even you get a bl...

2010-10-11T12:12:18.534-04:00

on 10.10 the machine does boots, even you get a black/blank screen.
if you installed openSSH server you can ssh to it. (get the ip from your router lan users list)

but from there no idea what to do.

@Phil, does the machine boot/shutdown fine ?

2010-10-08T07:30:41.492-04:00

@Phil, does the machine boot/shutdown fine ?

Ah, problem fixed: http://reprocessed.org/blog/ubu...

2010-10-06T17:27:48.802-04:00

Ah, problem fixed:
http://reprocessed.org/blog/ubuntu_on_mac_mini
and
http://phildawson.tumblr.com/post/778134747/install-ubuntu-server-on-mac-mini

use acpi=off and nomodeset, AND REMEMBER to install grub in the partition (/dev/sdaX), not directly on the disk!

Got the 2010 MacMinis - rEFIt installed, Installed...

2010-10-06T16:35:30.703-04:00

Got the 2010 MacMinis - rEFIt installed, Installed 10.10beta (to be sure the disks would be recognized). BootCamp is not included anymore, but you can copy it from another machine.

After Ubuntu install, it will not boot. Tried with and without BootCamp.

@Victor thx, will see when i get it. @David Do y...

2010-10-05T05:05:26.782-04:00

@Victor thx, will see when i get it.

@David Do you have Mac Mini 2010 ? Sever or Desktop version ? I heard that the Mac Mini will comsume more power when running with Ubuntu and the fan will be louder. Have you noticed any of that with Ubuntu and Mac Mini ?

/mihai

i installed ubuntu (with nomodeset) and almost eve...

2010-10-03T07:22:24.141-04:00

i installed ubuntu (with nomodeset) and almost everything worked.

when i installed fedora - pc didnt boot

@Mihai: I haven't played with the 2010 minis. ...

2010-09-29T16:57:16.707-04:00

@Mihai: I haven't played with the 2010 minis. The fact that they still have Core 2 cpus make it unlikely that I'll ever consider they're worth the money.

On the other hand, I just thought it would be nice if someone walked into an Apple store with a Ubuntu live CD and tried things out! You should be able to test most (if not all) issues without modifying the machine's disk.

I might do that if I'm really bored sometime. If you do it before me, please report your findings back here.

Anyone know if the new Mac Mini 2010 Server Editio...

2010-09-29T09:48:40.015-04:00

Anyone know if the new Mac Mini 2010 Server Edition can run Ubuntu without the above problems ?

/mihai

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 with success on my Mini (...

2010-09-15T00:43:27.677-04:00

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 with success on my Mini (end of 2009.. here in Brazil). On live version only the sound doesn't work.. and strangely the broadcom wireless card works only enabling the "restricted drivers".

Buuut, after install the wireless card doesn't work anymore.. and the sound works enabling the line options snd-hda-intel model=imac24...

Now, i need a wired connection to install the restricted drivers again...

The best thing is that ubuntu boot on my Panasonic 42' (connected via mini displayport-> hdmi )without problema..

Hi again, This probably brings some light to the p...

2010-08-06T18:29:16.110-04:00

Hi again,
This probably brings some light to the problem:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini4-1/Lucid

I have not tested the steps yet.

Regards
Ulf W

i had same problem - problem seem to be that linux...

2010-07-30T10:26:51.260-04:00

i had same problem - problem seem to be that linux doesn't recognise the disk drive (i tried installing fedora with NOMODESET and you can see the disk controller time out i think)

Hi, I have a new Mac mini (2 weeks old) on which ...

2010-07-26T10:29:07.814-04:00

Hi,
I have a new Mac mini (2 weeks old) on which I want to install Ubuntu 10.04. I have created a separate partition with Disc utility and then installled Refit.

The CD boots using Refit (and using D on boot) works fine, however after starting the installation from the main boot menu I just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor and then the machine hangs.

I have verified the CD with check option at start. I get the same behaviour using a Lubuntu 10.04 disc.

Most grateful for any hints.

Regards
Ulf Westermark

Has anyone installed ubuntu server 10.4 on the lat...

2010-07-16T16:31:54.267-04:00

Has anyone installed ubuntu server 10.4 on the latest 1Tb 4Gb mini server?

instructions please...

@Rajesh: what Mac Mini model did you get? OSX 10.5...

2010-07-16T00:13:15.097-04:00

@Rajesh: what Mac Mini model did you get? OSX 10.5 and 10.6 should come with Boot Camp. I hope you didn't get the super-expensive one with 2 hard disks... most of the price overhead is for the OSX Server license, which you'll be throwing away anyway, if you want to replace the Mini with Ubuntu.

I haven't tried any RAID setup on Ubuntu so far.

@Ellery: it really depends on your workload. I/O i...

2010-07-16T00:10:50.883-04:00

@Ellery: it really depends on your workload. I/O intensive loads have bigger performance hits on VMs than compute-intensive loads. So, for instance, a Rails server will suffer less overhead than a FTP server. Unfortunately, even the latest Mac Minis come with Core 2 Duos which don't have hardware virtualization (VT-d) in them. Having that shrinks the virtualization overhead by a great deal.

If you go that route, make sure to set up a Startup Item for virtualbox, so your server "reboots" on a power failure.

The Mac Mini I bought does not have BootCamp Assis...

2010-07-15T22:09:05.235-04:00

The Mac Mini I bought does not have BootCamp Assistant. And I am unable to find it so far. Also, how did you partition the disk before installing Ubuntu? I want to partition a RAID set, is that possible?

Hi Victor. Instead of install Ubuntu as a separat...

2010-07-15T12:25:40.130-04:00

Hi Victor.

Instead of install Ubuntu as a separated partition, what do you think about the performance if I use virtual box or vmware to emulate an ubuntu server 10.4?

Recently I need to install Ubuntu on Mac Mini, but i did not get it work, so I would like to install virtualbox or vmware to install ubuntu.

What do you think about this idea?