Andy, THX A LOT! To the point; Booting in 32b, running 64. Seen a lot i686, &/or 64b software in it that confused me. Now I may have a solution. If this old (definitely a Mac 2,1): Ever revives from this malstrom. It matters a bit, cos my macbook Pro won't come back in week/s. I have a Debian admin book to read, though, while waiting. Will do better with VM e.g Virtualbox and Debian now I know it better than most Linux distros I tried. Stable & free r good arguments to take the pain. A strange adm book, though, that jumps over how to use Bash and Busybox in Debian Rescue Mode/s (Yes, there seems to be two; 1 deeper into Rescue mode > Crisis mode (Busybox) via f12 in startup, the other at 'shallow', first level, via choosing Rescue mode(Bash) in installer, Maybe both are outside Debian? Challenge to write Exactly correct /sbin etc text in Bash to be recognised. Now I'll get slashed, but virtual slashes can't bleed me out much Geg
On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, 01:46 Andrew M.A. Cater, <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 05:30:30PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > Hi, > > What are you asking for here ? Or trying to achieve ? > > > > On 2021-08-02 4:48 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > > I cowarded out of Terminal, or not really, cos Gnome Multiwriter did it > > > in 5 minutes. > > > But later I`ll try it, if 64 bit doesn`t work in this old computer that > > > only Looks like a Mac. But is it, really? Not in my point of view; no > > Your point of view is irrelevant unless you are having a conversation > > with yourself. > > > > What make a computer a "Mac" or not a "Mac" is totally unrelated to the > > software you run on it. No one asked you "Do you run MacOS". > > > > What make your computer a Mac and still a Mac, and will be a Mac, was a > > Mac, continue to be a Mac is the plain fact that it's got produced on > > Apple's production line and is running all the software in ROM required > > to boot that make it a Mac. If it's not a Mac, then it's a PC and you > > either have BIOS or UEFI, which is not the case. > > > > > Mac software, except some hotkey functions, a pretty good keyboard, > > > so-and-so dvd player, & a Toshiba SSD (original or not; did SSD exist > in > > > 2007? Who cares? Philosophy, history, or both? What's "both"? > > Yes SSD existed in 2007 and what's the point ? > > > > What's the link between SSD and what you are writing here ? > > > > You seem to be part of a one-man show... > > > > I've tried to give you a helping hand but don't seem much to get it. > > > > And as I've seen other have tried too. > > > > Linux is supported by dozen of architectures, does they all become PCs > > because they ain't running their original operating system. No they > > don't.... > > > > > Psychology, haha; narrative philosophical walkthroughs PC pasts?) > > Only you seem to be making so deep heard philosophical problem with > > plain easy question > > > BR, > > > geg > > > > -- > > Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside > > -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development > > > > Gunnar, > > You have Mac hardware from almost exactly the right vintage to use a > specific for early Mac image. It boots in 32 bit EFI and then runs 64 bit. > > https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel#Macmini_2.2C1 > > and the up to date Debian 10.10 image you need is at: > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-mac-10.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > This may solve your problems for installing on Mac hardware of that > vintage. > It may not solve other problems but it should, at least, get you something > consistent. [If this image works for you, you will be one of a very few > people running this on that particular model - an installation report > would be very valuable.] > > As Polyna says - you have Apple Mac hardware. That has its own > peculiarities. > > On 3G of memory in total, you may find problems in running anything > intensive. > > I can only recommend Dan Ritter's advice to go away and read and to tackle > one > problem at a time. Allow yourself time to get one stable Debian system > running on that hardware. 14 year old hardware is pushing the boundaries > on reliability but, as you've seen, it is a learning experience. > > All best, as ever, > > Andy Cater > >
