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#Install ubuntu on a mac mini install#
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#Install ubuntu on a mac mini manual#
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If you need more detailed guide for partitioning and installation guide please refer to Once the partitions are confirmed and the bootloader installation device is set, proceed with the installation.

Never use any of the block devices used by the Mac OSX, in mine they were the device itself /dev/sda and /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 In the “Device for bootloader installation” dropdown please select the root partition or /boot/ partition you created in the partition table.

#Install ubuntu on a mac mini manual#

You need to choose “Something else” from the harddisk setup/partition section, then in the partition editorĬhose the 2nd partition you left blank in the mac disk partitioning utility (check the note above), use the blank partition to setup your favourite partition table.Ī video clip explaining manual disk partitioning in Mint. The installation should be straightforward until you get to the point where you choose the paritions setup. Reboot, if rEFInd is installed correcty you will see the menu at the time of booting…

#Install ubuntu on a mac mini install#

It will show some messages and install the complete installation.

#Install ubuntu on a mac mini software#

Macmini comes with an UEFI bootloader, the easiest way to get multiple OSs to run with the machine is through rEFInd, you can download it from the link below.Īs far as I can see rEFInd is a software layer for UEFI based computers so that you can esily run multiple OSes with a nice menu driven interface so that users can switch between them easily.ĭownload the “Binary zip file” from the link below.Īfter downloading, extract the zip, ‘cd’ into the folder and run “sudo. I dont think this is a must but just saying what my configuration was… I left the second partition untouched, meaning unformatted. NOTE: I reinstalled macosx before installing Linux and recreated the partitions table with two (using apple disk utility), since I had a 1TB drive, I split it into two equal partitions and reinstalled mac on the first (512GB was used).

A monitor or two so you can see whats going on :).

A Mac mini late 2012 with OSX in a perfect state (if not you can reinstall OSX to start with, I did that).

I assume that you have a reasonable knowledge in *nix based OSes and commands.

Installing Ubuntu/Linux Mint on Macmini is easy, but getting it to work the way you normally want a PC to run is a bit difficult (meaning, run smoothly and making all peripherals work) :) I am trying to cover all the issues I had with linux installation process and getting Apple hardware t o run happily with Linux. Getting Linux to run on Apple hardware has always been tricky, so if you get lost somewhere in the middle of the process of configuring or installing Linux, please drop a comment and I would reply as soon as possible, probably within hours. I personally upgraded Mint 15 to 16 following the same steps and worked.

#Install ubuntu on a mac mini update#

UPDATE (11-01-2014): I removed Mint and Ubuntu versions used in the title of the article assuming that all Ubuntu based distros will be almost identical in terms of installation and initial configuration steps. Download the compatible Mac ISO image from Ubuntu site before proceeding.

UPDATE (11-06-2014): As of Ubuntu version 14.04, Ubuntu installer supports Macs without going through the following guide. UPDATE (29-07-2014) : If you want to install Ubuntu 14.04 or Linux Mint 17 or newer version Please refer to