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- I have Mac Mini (2005) with RAM 1 Gb, HDD ATA 160Gb (Upgrade new hard disk). Now, i want install linux os on Mac mini with USB flash, but can't do it. I not yet user MAC os, before (i only use iphone and ipad).:d. Help me do it!
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I have liberated an old 2006 Mac Mini (Model: A1176) from being thrown away and wanted to use it as a Time Capsule for my other Macs.
Install rEFInd. RELATED: How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp rEFInd is a boot manager that will allow you to choose between Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and other operating systems when you boot your computer. After reading the title of this post, you might wonder “Why would someone pay for a Mac Mini and then not use OS X with it?” Well, if you have a somewhat older Mac Mini you want to use as a server with Linux, these instructions will come in handy. First off, boot the Mac into your normal OS X.
To do this, I want to install Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS to roll my own Time Capsule over my home network.
How can I do this? I have downloaded the ISO from Ubuntu's website but when I put it onto a CD-RW and selected it by holding down Option at boot, it then got stuck on the message 'Select CD-ROM Boot Type' with no way to select it (keyboard wasn't loaded).
Can someone please provide step-by-step on how to do this?
Update
To answer the comments. The Mac Mini currently has OS X 10.6.8 installed and has the 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor. It also has 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
The file I downloaded for Ubuntu was called
ubuntu-16.04-server-amd64.iso
The screenshot for the screen showing after I select the CD on the EFI menu is as follows:
I can't select an option as I don't think the keyboard is loaded.
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Alright, I see you've added some requisites to your answer. Here goes.
Download this. (Ubuntu Server 16.04 32-bit)
This is done the same way any other Linux install is done. You will insert the CD/DVD, run through the setup to take the entire partition of the Mac Mini, and once you reach a desktop, you're ready for part 2. [Excellent Basic Tutorial, 2012, but relevant]
a. Choose a Data Folder
First you need to pick a directory on your server for your Time Machine data and if it doesn't already exist, create it
I'll be using /data/timemachine/ for these instructions, if you prefer another location remember to change it in any of the following.
b. Setup a User Account
You'll also need Time Machine user account on your server which you can log in with on your Mac. Create one and assign it the previously-created data folder as its home directory and assign ownership of that directory to this user.
I've chosen to create a user timemachine, but you can pick anything you like.
sudo chown -R timemachine:timemachine /data/timemachine
You'll also need to set the password for this user.
c. Configure Netatalk
Next, you'll configure Netatalk. Open the existing afp.conf configuration file for editing that is stored in/etc/netatalk/. You can do it in the command line with:
You can copy my sample configuration exerpt below, editing it to suit your setup. You simply add it to the end ofafp.conf when finished (and save).
d. Enable Netatalk & Avahi
Next, using the venerable systemd, you can enable the netatalk and avahi-daemon services:
sudo systemctl start netatalk.service
sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl start avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl start avahi-daemon.service
Okay, now switch over to your Mac.
Mac OS Setup
By default Mac OS doesn't show 'unsupported' or non-Apple Time Machine network drives, but you can easily change that with one Terminal command:
If everything went well after all this, you should now be able to choose your server in the Time Machine preferences when selecting a disk.
(source: samuelhewitt.com)
You'll also get a login prompt when attempting to access it, just use the username and password for the Time Machine account you created on your server.
If everything has worked thus far, and you are able to perform backups then congrats! You now have a Linux-powered Time Machine.
You will need a DVI to VGA adapter, as well as a VGA dummy to make the machine believe it is plugged into a monitor. The first time you do this, it will have a poor screen resolution. Please just remote into the box (Teamviewer, Logmein, etc) and change the resolution.
Installing Samba (cross platform ability to share files) in Ubuntu
Sambais a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol. Samba provides file and print services for various Windows clients and can integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Domain Controller (DC) or as a domain member. So in this article we are using in Per-to-Per network between Windows clients and Linux Ubuntu clients. If you don’t like reading then watch the video tutorials at the end of this post.
- To install Samba file server in Ubuntu Linux, run the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tkeys to open Linux terminal command line interface.
- Now type the “sudo apt-get install Samba” in order to install Samba file server. Type the password to start the installation.
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Remember; your Ubuntu machine must be connected to internet. Because this apt-get install command will install software from Ubuntu online software repository.
2. Share File Between Ubuntu and Windows
Let’s do how to share a file in Ubuntu through file explorer? Open the File and create a folder in Home directory. I have created Netdata folder and required to be share it.
a. Right click the Netdata folder and click Local Network Share. Select Share this folder.
Share File Between Ubuntu and Windows
To allow modification to files and folder for users, select Allow others to create and delete files in this folder. Also select Guest access (for people without a user account) to access files from Windows without requiring user and password.
b. Click Add the Permissions automatically to apply the permission to shared folder.
Add the Permissions automatically
If you want to set a password for shared folder, you shout set a user for Samba file server with “sudo smbpasswd -a Shais” command then type the password twice.
Set a Password to Samba File Server
Now it ask you user and password when someone want to access the shared folders. The the file sharing from Ubuntu Linux has completed successfully. Let’s test it from Windows 10 client.
3. Access Shared folders from Windows 10
You can access the Linux shared folders from Windows 10 using Network section. To simply access the shared folders type the IP addressShared folders.
a. In Windows 10 type 192.168.0.104NetData and press enter to open the shared files of Linux Ubuntu.
Access Network Shared Files
b. When prompt for network credential, type the user name and password. If you did not set a password for Samba files server, it will not ask the network credentials.
Network Credentials
c. It’s all the contents of shared folder. You can create and delete files or edit the files.
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Network Shared Files
To access the shared files quickly, create a shortcut link to a shared folder in Windows 10.
Create A Shortcut Link
Right click on the desktop and click New then click Shortcut.
Create Shortcut Link
Type the network address of shared folder in Type the location of the item: and click Next.
Type a name for Shortcut Link – Share File between Ubuntu and Windows
Type a name for shortcut related to the shared folders contents and click Finish to create the shortcut.
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Linux Shared Files
Here is the shortcut link to the NetData shared folder of Ubuntu Linux. Double click to open it from your desktop. You can create a network Map drive also.
And there you have it. You asked for it! Sources included.
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Installing Windows on your Mac is easy with Boot Camp, but Boot Camp won’t help you install Linux. You’ll have to get your hands a bit dirtier to install and dual-boot a Linux distribution like Ubuntu.
If you just want to try Linux on your Mac, you can boot from a live CD or USB drive. Insert the live Linux media, restart your Mac, press and hold the Option key, and select the Linux media on the Startup Manager screen.
We installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to test this process.
Install rEFInd
RELATED:How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp
rEFInd is a boot manager that will allow you to choose between Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and other operating systems when you boot your computer. Installing rEFInd makes the dual-boot process easier. (Some older how-to’s will instruct you to use rEFIt, but it’s no longer maintained. rEFInd is a currently maintained boot manager based on rEFIt.)
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Full-disk encryption causes problems with rEFIt, so you’ll need to disable full-disk encryption or do some extra work before installing rEFInd.
First, visit the rEFInd page on SourceForge and click the Download button to download the latest refind-bin-[version].zip file. Open a Terminal window by pressing Command + Space and, typing Terminal, and pressing Enter. Drag and drop the install.sh file from the downloaded zip file into the terminal window and press Enter to run it.
Shut down your Mac — a full shut down, not a restart — and boot it back up again. You should see the rEFInd boot manager screen.
Partition Your Mac
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You’ll now need to resize your Mac OS X system partition to make room for your Linux distribution of choice. From within Mac OS X, press Command + Space, type Disk Utility, and press Enter to open the Disk Utility. Select your Mac’s hard drive in the list on the left and select Partition on the right.
RELATED:Beginner Geek: Hard Disk Partitions Explained
Shrink the current Mac OS X partition to make space for your Linux system. How much space you want for Linux is up to you. Ubuntu’s system requirements say it requires at least 5 GB of space, but something like 20 GB is much more reasonable. Drag and drop the handle on the partition volume or enter a final size for the partition and click Partition to partition it.
Don’t create a new partition after shrinking your current partition — just leave the space empty for now.
Boot and Install Linux
You’ll need Linux installation media to continue. For example, if you’re using Ubuntu, you’ll need to download an Ubuntu ISO file — download the “64-bit Mac” version. Burn the ISO to disc or follow Ubuntu’s official instructions to create a bootable USB drive from the ISO file.
Restart your computer and rEFInd will appear. Select the USB or disc drive containing the Linux system and boot it on your Mac.
![Install Install](/uploads/1/2/4/8/124868173/373735221.png)
Launch your Linux distribution’s installer and go through the installation process. On Ubuntu, launch the Install Ubuntu application from the desktop and install Ubuntu as you normally would. Be sure to select the “Install Ubuntu alongside Mac OS X” option instead of overwriting your Mac OS X system with Ubuntu. The installation process should otherwise be normal.
Whenever you boot your computer, you’ll have the ability to choose between Mac OS X and Linux on the rEFInd boot manager screen.
Depending on your Mac, some hardware components may not work perfectly on Linux. This depends on the version of Linux you use, how recent it is, and what Mac hardware you’re using. If something doesn’t work, you may have to perform some Google searches with the model and year of your Mac as well as the name and version of the Linux distribution you’re using. Other users have probably dealt with the same problems before you, and they’ve probably written guides to making everything work.
How to Remove Linux and rEFInd
RELATED:How to Wipe Your Mac and Reinstall macOS from Scratch
If you decide you no longer want to dual boot Linux on your Mac, you can remove Linux fairly easily. Boot into OS X, open the Disk Utility, and delete your Linux partitions. You can also boot from your Linux USB media and use the GParted partition manager to remove these partitions. After the partitions are deleted, you can enlarge your Mac OS X partition afterwards from the Disk Utility in OS X to reclaim the space used for Linux.
If you installed Linux as the only operating system and replaced Mac OS X, you’ll need to reinstall OS X on your Mac if you want to leave Linux behind.
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To remove the rEFInd boot manager, follow rEFInd’s uninstallation instructions. You don’t have to remove rEFInd — your Mac will continue working fine with rEFInd installed even if you remove Linux.
The rEFInd bit isn’t mandatory, but you’ll have to perform other tweaks to make Linux boot properly on a Mac if you opt to not use rEFInd. While Apple makes installing Windows easy through Boot Camp, they don’t provide any simple solution for installing Linux.
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