DietPi-PREP | Install on MAC

[gieljnssns]

Is it possible to install dietpi directly on a macbook air.

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
The question is if default Debian runs on MacBook. Found this: https://wiki.debian.org/MacBook#Debian_installation

It is not recommended but seems to work with the netboot installer, that we also use for our x86 images.

You can simply try to use our x86 EFI image. Otherwise manually install Debian with the netboot installer and run our preparation script on it.

No guarantee, as I don't remember somebody reporting that it works, would need review/search within forum and github issues.

If it finally works fine, would be indeed nice to know and could be added as info to our x86 image and preparation script for users.

[ghost]

Just to be clear, it is not as easy as described at the link @MichaIng posted. Lot's of ppl say that there is still a overheating problem on older releases of MacBookAir's.

If you really like to do this project, i suggest you to carefully read this HowTo and than decide if you really want to go these steps: https://linuxnewbieguide.org/how-to-install-linux-on-a-macintosh-computer/

As of known EFI boot mechanism which are completly different on Macs, it isn't just a boot up the installer and than here we go...!

Just a kindly thought of myself before starting with it.

[gieljnssns]

I gave up the macbook air project. Mine has a broken LCD
Because I don't see the boot menu (on external screen) when pressing option while starting up.
Now I'm trying on an mac mini from 2011.

[gieljnssns]

https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1171#issuecomment-336522021
This method isn't working, the iso isn't bootable (etcher)

Now I'm trying this one https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1285#issue-280771944

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Thanks for testing this 👍.

May I ask how you generally managed to install Debian on Mac?
You followed the method linked by @SuBLiNeR or you had already another method working before?

Would be quite interesting, if possible anyhow or without too much needed adjustments to our scripts, to produce some guide or even image from this experience, for Mac users.

[gieljnssns]

May I ask how you generally managed to install Debian on Mac?

I've installed Mac OS X Yosemite (no System integrity protection)
Followed this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/MacBook#Debian_installation
I took the "debian-9.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso" from here https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/
When there is an error in the installation about some network firmware; I found this http://commandlinefanatic.com/cgi-bin/showarticle.cgi?article=art048 and i took the "linux-firmware-nonfree_1.11_all.deb" from here http://www.filewatcher.com/m/linux-firmware-nonfree_1.11_all.deb.3073110-0.html
Instead of making 2 partitions, I made a lot off free space on my drive and took the option: Guided use the largest free space on disk.
I let install the GRUB bootloader and now Debian is the first OS that is starting.
I can still start macOS by holding "option" when starting up

[gieljnssns]

Then I'm following this guide https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1285#issue-280771944
When you log in using ssh and your user isn't is not in the sudoers file sudo usermod -a -G sudo user
log out and log back in
While running DietPi installer I took "generic device"
"Keep Wifi files"
"Stretch"
sudo reboot
Finnish DietPi installation...

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Thanks for this testing. So DietPi after this steps finally works as expected?

Generic device is the most safe attempt, but native x86 (ID 21) should also work, I think. Could you post the resolut of dpkg -l here, so I can check for installed kernel/firmware packages? There might be something different then on native PCs.

Btw. If you create an own user (and do not use root or dietpi), then on current version (v6.7) the login scripts are missing. This is already implemented with v6.8, should should be released today or soon (@Fourdee ?).

If not, then you could copy /home/dietpi/.bashrc to /home/<username>/ for now, but after v6.8 update, Do sed -i '/DietPi/d' /home/<username>/.bashrc to remove our entries again, as the related scripts are executed via /etc/profile.d/dietpi-login then, thus for all users with sudo permissions 🙂.

[gieljnssns]

root@DietMini:~# dpkg -l
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                    Version                  Architecture             Description
+++-=======================================-========================-========================-===================================================================================
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ii  apt-transport-https                     1.4.8                    amd64                    https download transport for APT
ii  apt-utils                               1.4.8                    amd64                    package management related utility programs
ii  avahi-daemon                            0.6.32-2                 amd64                    Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  base-files                              9.9+deb9u4               amd64                    Debian base system miscellaneous files
ii  base-passwd                             3.5.43                   amd64                    Debian base system master password and group files
ii  bash                                    4.4-5                    amd64                    GNU Bourne Again SHell
ii  bash-completion                         1:2.1-4.3                all                      programmable completion for the bash shell
ii  bc                                      1.06.95-9+b3             amd64                    GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
ii  bind9-host                              1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
ii  bsdutils                                1:2.29.2-1+deb9u1        amd64                    basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  bzip2                                   1.0.6-8.1                amd64                    high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
ii  ca-certificates                         20161130+nmu1            all                      Common CA certificates
ii  console-setup                           1.164                    all                      console font and keymap setup program
ii  console-setup-linux                     1.164                    all                      Linux specific part of console-setup
ii  coreutils                               8.26-3                   amd64                    GNU core utilities
ii  cpio                                    2.11+dfsg-6              amd64                    GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
ii  crda                                    3.18-1                   amd64                    wireless Central Regulatory Domain Agent
ii  cron                                    3.0pl1-128+deb9u1        amd64                    process scheduling daemon
ii  curl                                    7.52.1-5+deb9u5          amd64                    command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
ii  dash                                    0.5.8-2.4                amd64                    POSIX-compliant shell
ii  dbus                                    1.10.26-0+deb9u1         amd64                    simple interprocess messaging system (daemon and utilities)
ii  debconf                                 1.5.61                   all                      Debian configuration management system
ii  debian-archive-keyring                  2017.5                   all                      GnuPG archive keys of the Debian archive
ii  debianutils                             4.8.1.1                  amd64                    Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii  diffutils                               1:3.5-3                  amd64                    File comparison utilities
ii  dirmngr                                 2.1.18-8~deb9u1          amd64                    GNU privacy guard - network certificate management service
ii  dmsetup                                 2:1.02.137-2             amd64                    Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  docker-ce                               18.04.0~ce~3-0~debian    amd64                    Docker: the open-source application container engine
ii  dosfstools                              4.1-1                    amd64                    utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
ii  dpkg                                    1.18.24                  amd64                    Debian package management system
ii  dropbear-bin                            2016.74-5                amd64                    lightweight SSH2 server and client - command line tools
ii  dropbear-run                            2016.74-5                all                      lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts
ii  e2fslibs:amd64                          1.43.4-2                 amd64                    ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
ii  e2fsprogs                               1.43.4-2                 amd64                    ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities
ii  efibootmgr                              14-2                     amd64                    Interact with the EFI Boot Manager
ii  ethtool                                 1:4.8-1+b1               amd64                    display or change Ethernet device settings
ii  fake-hwclock                            0.11                     all                      Save/restore system clock on machines without working RTC hardware
ii  fbset                                   2.1-29                   amd64                    framebuffer device maintenance program
ii  findutils                               4.6.0+git+20161106-2     amd64                    utilities for finding files--find, xargs
ii  firmware-amd-graphics                   20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii  firmware-atheros                        20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards
ii  firmware-brcm80211                      20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless cards
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree                  20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree                   20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-realtek                        20161130-3               all                      Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
ii  fuse                                    2.9.7-1                  amd64                    Filesystem in Userspace
ii  gcc-6-base:amd64                        6.3.0-18+deb9u1          amd64                    GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
ii  gettext-base                            0.19.8.1-2               amd64                    GNU Internationalization utilities for the base system
ii  gnupg                                   2.1.18-8~deb9u1          amd64                    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
ii  gnupg-agent                             2.1.18-8~deb9u1          amd64                    GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
ii  gpgv                                    2.1.18-8~deb9u1          amd64                    GNU privacy guard - signature verification tool
ii  grep                                    2.27-2                   amd64                    GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii  grub-common                             2.02~beta3-5             amd64                    GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
ii  grub-efi-amd64                          2.02~beta3-5             amd64                    GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin                      2.02~beta3-5             amd64                    GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 binaries)
ii  grub2-common                            2.02~beta3-5             amd64                    GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
ii  gzip                                    1.6-5+b1                 amd64                    GNU compression utilities
ii  hdparm                                  9.51+ds-1                amd64                    tune hard disk parameters for high performance
ii  hfsplus                                 1.0.4-15                 amd64                    Tools to access HFS+ formatted volumes
ii  hostname                                3.18+b1                  amd64                    utility to set/show the host name or domain name
ii  htop                                    2.0.2-1                  amd64                    interactive processes viewer
ii  ifupdown                                0.8.19                   amd64                    high level tools to configure network interfaces
ii  init                                    1.48                     amd64                    metapackage ensuring an init system is installed
ii  init-system-helpers                     1.48                     all                      helper tools for all init systems
ii  initramfs-tools                         0.130                    all                      generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
ii  initramfs-tools-core                    0.130                    all                      generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
ii  intel-microcode                         3.20170707.1~deb9u1      amd64                    Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii  iproute2                                4.9.0-1+deb9u1           amd64                    networking and traffic control tools
ii  iptables                                1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 amd64                    administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
ii  iputils-ping                            3:20161105-1             amd64                    Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
ii  isc-dhcp-client                         4.3.5-3+deb9u1           amd64                    DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address
ii  iucode-tool                             2.1.1-1                  amd64                    Intel processor microcode tool
ii  iw                                      4.9-0.1                  amd64                    tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
ii  jq                                      1.5+dfsg-1.3             amd64                    lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
ii  kbd                                     2.0.3-2+b1               amd64                    Linux console font and keytable utilities
ii  keyboard-configuration                  1.164                    all                      system-wide keyboard preferences
ii  klibc-utils                             2.0.4-9                  amd64                    small utilities built with klibc for early boot
ii  kmod                                    23-2                     amd64                    tools for managing Linux kernel modules
ii  libacl1:amd64                           2.2.52-3+b1              amd64                    Access control list shared library
ii  libapparmor1:amd64                      2.11.0-3+deb9u2          amd64                    changehat AppArmor library
ii  libapt-inst2.0:amd64                    1.4.8                    amd64                    deb package format runtime library
ii  libapt-pkg5.0:amd64                     1.4.8                    amd64                    package management runtime library
ii  libassuan0:amd64                        2.4.3-2                  amd64                    IPC library for the GnuPG components
ii  libattr1:amd64                          1:2.4.47-2+b2            amd64                    Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit-common                         1:2.6.7-2                all                      Dynamic library for security auditing - common files
ii  libaudit1:amd64                         1:2.6.7-2                amd64                    Dynamic library for security auditing
ii  libavahi-common-data:amd64              0.6.32-2                 amd64                    Avahi common data files
ii  libavahi-common3:amd64                  0.6.32-2                 amd64                    Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-core7:amd64                    0.6.32-2                 amd64                    Avahi's embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library
ii  libbind9-140:amd64                      1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libblkid1:amd64                         2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    block device ID library
ii  libbsd0:amd64                           0.8.3-1                  amd64                    utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
ii  libbz2-1.0:amd64                        1.0.6-8.1                amd64                    high-quality block-sorting file compressor library - runtime
ii  libc-bin                                2.24-11+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU C Library: Binaries
ii  libc-dev-bin                            2.24-11+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU C Library: Development binaries
ii  libc-l10n                               2.24-11+deb9u3           all                      GNU C Library: localization files
ii  libc6:amd64                             2.24-11+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libc6-dev:amd64                         2.24-11+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
ii  libcap-ng0:amd64                        0.7.7-3+b1               amd64                    An alternate POSIX capabilities library
ii  libcap2:amd64                           1:2.25-1                 amd64                    POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
ii  libcomerr2:amd64                        1.43.4-2                 amd64                    common error description library
ii  libcryptsetup4:amd64                    2:1.7.3-4                amd64                    disk encryption support - shared library
ii  libcurl3:amd64                          7.52.1-5+deb9u5          amd64                    easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
ii  libcurl3-gnutls:amd64                   7.52.1-5+deb9u5          amd64                    easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (GnuTLS flavour)
ii  libdaemon0:amd64                        0.14-6                   amd64                    lightweight C library for daemons - runtime library
ii  libdb5.3:amd64                          5.3.28-12+deb9u1         amd64                    Berkeley v5.3 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii  libdbus-1-3:amd64                       1.10.26-0+deb9u1         amd64                    simple interprocess messaging system (library)
ii  libdebconfclient0:amd64                 0.227                    amd64                    Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation library)
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64                2:1.02.137-2             amd64                    Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  libdns-export162                        1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    Exported DNS Shared Library
ii  libdns162:amd64                         1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    DNS Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libedit2:amd64                          3.1-20160903-3           amd64                    BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libefiboot1:amd64                       30-2                     amd64                    Library to manage UEFI variables
ii  libefivar1:amd64                        30-2                     amd64                    Library to manage UEFI variables
ii  libelf1:amd64                           0.168-1                  amd64                    library to read and write ELF files
ii  libexpat1:amd64                         2.2.0-2+deb9u1           amd64                    XML parsing C library - runtime library
ii  libfdisk1:amd64                         2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    fdisk partitioning library
ii  libffi6:amd64                           3.2.1-6                  amd64                    Foreign Function Interface library runtime
ii  libfreetype6:amd64                      2.6.3-3.2                amd64                    FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii  libfuse2:amd64                          2.9.7-1                  amd64                    Filesystem in Userspace (library)
ii  libgcc1:amd64                           1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1        amd64                    GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt20:amd64                       1.7.6-2+deb9u2           amd64                    LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
ii  libgeoip1:amd64                         1.6.9-4                  amd64                    non-DNS IP-to-country resolver library
ii  libgmp10:amd64                          2:6.1.2+dfsg-1           amd64                    Multiprecision arithmetic library
ii  libgnutls-openssl27:amd64               3.5.8-5+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU TLS library - OpenSSL wrapper
ii  libgnutls30:amd64                       3.5.8-5+deb9u3           amd64                    GNU TLS library - main runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0:amd64                     1.26-2                   amd64                    library for common error values and messages in GnuPG components
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64                  1.15-1+deb9u1            amd64                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism
ii  libhfsp0                                1.0.4-15                 amd64                    Shared library to access HFS+ formatted volumes
ii  libhogweed4:amd64                       3.3-1+b2                 amd64                    low level cryptographic library (public-key cryptos)
ii  libicu57:amd64                          57.1-6+deb9u2            amd64                    International Components for Unicode
ii  libidn11:amd64                          1.33-1                   amd64                    GNU Libidn library, implementation of IETF IDN specifications
ii  libidn2-0:amd64                         0.16-1+deb9u1            amd64                    Internationalized domain names (IDNA2008) library
ii  libip4tc0:amd64                         1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 amd64                    netfilter libip4tc library
ii  libip6tc0:amd64                         1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 amd64                    netfilter libip6tc library
ii  libiptc0:amd64                          1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 amd64                    netfilter libiptc library
ii  libisc-export160                        1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    Exported ISC Shared Library
ii  libisc160:amd64                         1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    ISC Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libisccc140:amd64                       1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    Command Channel Library used by BIND
ii  libisccfg140:amd64                      1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+de amd64                    Config File Handling Library used by BIND
ii  libiw30:amd64                           30~pre9-12+b1            amd64                    Wireless tools - library
ii  libjq1:amd64                            1.5+dfsg-1.3             amd64                    lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor - shared library
ii  libk5crypto3:amd64                      1.15-1+deb9u1            amd64                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Crypto Library
ii  libkeyutils1:amd64                      1.5.9-9                  amd64                    Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
ii  libklibc                                2.0.4-9                  amd64                    minimal libc subset for use with initramfs
ii  libkmod2:amd64                          23-2                     amd64                    libkmod shared library
ii  libkrb5-3:amd64                         1.15-1+deb9u1            amd64                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libkrb5support0:amd64                   1.15-1+deb9u1            amd64                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Support library
ii  libksba8:amd64                          1.3.5-2                  amd64                    X.509 and CMS support library
ii  libldap-2.4-2:amd64                     2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u1     amd64                    OpenLDAP libraries
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ii  libltdl7:amd64                          2.4.6-2                  amd64                    System independent dlopen wrapper for GNU libtool
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ii  liblz4-1:amd64                          0.0~r131-2+b1            amd64                    Fast LZ compression algorithm library - runtime
ii  liblzma5:amd64                          5.2.2-1.2+b1             amd64                    XZ-format compression library
ii  libmnl0:amd64                           1.0.4-2                  amd64                    minimalistic Netlink communication library
ii  libmount1:amd64                         2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    device mounting library
ii  libncurses5:amd64                       6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2    amd64                    shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libncursesw5:amd64                      6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2    amd64                    shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
ii  libnetfilter-conntrack3:amd64           1.0.6-2                  amd64                    Netfilter netlink-conntrack library
ii  libnettle6:amd64                        3.3-1+b2                 amd64                    low level cryptographic library (symmetric and one-way cryptos)
ii  libnewt0.52:amd64                       0.52.19-1+b1             amd64                    Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text mode windowing with slang
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ii  libnghttp2-14:amd64                     1.18.1-1                 amd64                    library implementing HTTP/2 protocol (shared library)
ii  libnl-3-200:amd64                       3.2.27-2                 amd64                    library for dealing with netlink sockets
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ii  libnpth0:amd64                          1.3-1                    amd64                    replacement for GNU Pth using system threads
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ii  libpam0g:amd64                          1.1.8-3.6                amd64                    Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii  libparted2:amd64                        3.2-17                   amd64                    disk partition manipulator - shared library
ii  libpcre3:amd64                          2:8.39-3                 amd64                    Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime files
ii  libpcsclite1:amd64                      1.8.20-1                 amd64                    Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (library)
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ii  libpopt0:amd64                          1.16-10+b2               amd64                    lib for parsing cmdline parameters
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ii  libpsl5:amd64                           0.17.0-3                 amd64                    Library for Public Suffix List (shared libraries)
ii  libreadline7:amd64                      7.0-3                    amd64                    GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
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ii  libsasl2-2:amd64                        2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg amd64                    Cyrus SASL - authentication abstraction library
ii  libsasl2-modules-db:amd64               2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg amd64                    Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (DB)
ii  libseccomp2:amd64                       2.3.1-2.1                amd64                    high level interface to Linux seccomp filter
ii  libselinux1:amd64                       2.6-3+b3                 amd64                    SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libsemanage-common                      2.6-2                    all                      Common files for SELinux policy management libraries
ii  libsemanage1:amd64                      2.6-2                    amd64                    SELinux policy management library
ii  libsepol1:amd64                         2.6-2                    amd64                    SELinux library for manipulating binary security policies
ii  libslang2:amd64                         2.3.1-5                  amd64                    S-Lang programming library - runtime version
ii  libsmartcols1:amd64                     2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    smart column output alignment library
ii  libsqlite3-0:amd64                      3.16.2-5+deb9u1          amd64                    SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libss2:amd64                            1.43.4-2                 amd64                    command-line interface parsing library
ii  libssh2-1:amd64                         1.7.0-1                  amd64                    SSH2 client-side library
ii  libssl1.0.2:amd64                       1.0.2l-2+deb9u3          amd64                    Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  libssl1.1:amd64                         1.1.0f-3+deb9u2          amd64                    Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6:amd64                        6.3.0-18+deb9u1          amd64                    GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libsystemd0:amd64                       232-25+deb9u3            amd64                    systemd utility library
ii  libtasn1-6:amd64                        4.10-1.1+deb9u1          amd64                    Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libtinfo5:amd64                         6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2    amd64                    shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
ii  libudev1:amd64                          232-25+deb9u3            amd64                    libudev shared library
ii  libunistring0:amd64                     0.9.6+really0.9.3-0.1    amd64                    Unicode string library for C
ii  libusb-1.0-0:amd64                      2:1.0.21-1               amd64                    userspace USB programming library
ii  libustr-1.0-1:amd64                     1.0.4-6                  amd64                    Micro string library: shared library
ii  libuuid1:amd64                          2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    Universally Unique ID library
ii  libwrap0:amd64                          7.6.q-26                 amd64                    Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library
ii  libxml2:amd64                           2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2   amd64                    GNOME XML library
ii  libxtables12:amd64                      1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 amd64                    netfilter xtables library
ii  linux-base                              4.5                      all                      Linux image base package
ii  linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64               4.9.88-1+deb9u1          amd64                    Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-amd64                       4.9+80+deb9u4            amd64                    Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
ii  linux-libc-dev:amd64                    4.9.88-1+deb9u1          amd64                    Linux support headers for userspace development
ii  locales                                 2.24-11+deb9u3           all                      GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
ii  login                                   1:4.4-4.1                amd64                    system login tools
ii  lsb-base                                9.20161125               all                      Linux Standard Base init script functionality
ii  mawk                                    1.3.3-17+b3              amd64                    a pattern scanning and text processing language
ii  mount                                   2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
ii  multiarch-support                       2.24-11+deb9u3           amd64                    Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility
ii  nano                                    2.7.4-1                  amd64                    small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
ii  ncurses-base                            6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2    all                      basic terminal type definitions
ii  ncurses-bin                             6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2    amd64                    terminal-related programs and man pages
ii  net-tools                               1.60+git20161116.90da8a0 amd64                    NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  netbase                                 5.4                      all                      Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  netdata                                 1.9.0-1                  amd64                    DietPi - NetData
ii  ntfs-3g                                 1:2016.2.22AR.1+dfsg-1   amd64                    read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
ii  ntp                                     1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u2 amd64                    Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
ii  openssl                                 1.1.0f-3+deb9u2          amd64                    Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
ii  p7zip                                   16.02+dfsg-3+deb9u1      amd64                    7zr file archiver with high compression ratio
ii  p7zip-full                              16.02+dfsg-3+deb9u1      amd64                    7z and 7za file archivers with high compression ratio
ii  parted                                  3.2-17                   amd64                    disk partition manipulator
ii  passwd                                  1:4.4-4.1                amd64                    change and administer password and group data
ii  perl-base                               5.24.1-3+deb9u3          amd64                    minimal Perl system
ii  pinentry-curses                         1.0.0-2                  amd64                    curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
ii  procps                                  2:3.3.12-3               amd64                    /proc file system utilities
ii  psmisc                                  22.21-2.1+b2             amd64                    utilities that use the proc file system
ii  readline-common                         7.0-3                    all                      GNU readline and history libraries, common files
ii  resolvconf                              1.79                     all                      name server information handler
ii  rfkill                                  0.5-1+b1                 amd64                    tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
ii  sed                                     4.4-1                    amd64                    GNU stream editor for filtering/transforming text
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ii  socat                                   1.7.3.1-2+deb9u1         amd64                    multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
ii  sudo                                    1.8.19p1-2.1             amd64                    Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
ii  systemd                                 232-25+deb9u3            amd64                    system and service manager
ii  systemd-sysv                            232-25+deb9u3            amd64                    system and service manager - SysV links
ii  sysvinit-utils                          2.88dsf-59.9             amd64                    System-V-like utilities
ii  tar                                     1.29b-1.1                amd64                    GNU version of the tar archiving utility
ii  tzdata                                  2018e-0+deb9u1           all                      time zone and daylight-saving time data
ii  ucf                                     3.0036                   all                      Update Configuration File(s): preserve user changes to config files
ii  udev                                    232-25+deb9u3            amd64                    /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
ii  unzip                                   6.0-21                   amd64                    De-archiver for .zip files
ii  usbutils                                1:007-4+b1               amd64                    Linux USB utilities
ii  util-linux                              2.29.2-1+deb9u1          amd64                    miscellaneous system utilities
ii  wget                                    1.18-5+deb9u2            amd64                    retrieves files from the web
ii  whiptail                                0.52.19-1+b1             amd64                    Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  wireless-regdb                          2016.06.10-1             all                      wireless regulatory database
ii  wireless-tools                          30~pre9-12+b1            amd64                    Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
ii  wpasupplicant                           2:2.4-1+deb9u1           amd64                    client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
ii  wput                                    0.6.2+git20130413-5      amd64                    tiny wget-like ftp-client for uploading files
ii  xkb-data                                2.19-1+deb9u1            all                      X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration data
ii  zip                                     3.0-11+b1                amd64                    Archiver for .zip files
ii  zlib1g:amd64                            1:1.2.8.dfsg-5           amd64                    compression library - runtime
ii  zlib1g-dev:amd64                        1:1.2.8.dfsg-5           amd64                    compression library - development

[gieljnssns]

Thanks for this testing. So DietPi after this steps finally works as expected?

I think so, I use this for installing Hassio
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ive-installed-hassio-on-an-old-mac-mini-no-vm/52856
My raspberry pi isn't fast enough.

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Nice, I don't see any difference to usual x86_64 systems, thus it should be possible to choose device ID 21 for preparation script as well. But should not result very differently, thus leave it as it is now.

DietPi-Software also offers Home assistant automated installation by the way. It does not include much optimizations but is easier of course than doing all the steps oneself.

[gieljnssns]

DietPi-Software also offers Home assistant automated installation by the way.

I think this is just Home assistant not Hassio

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Ah sorry, though "Hassio" is short form of Home-ASSistant.IO 🤣.

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Okay, as far as I could retrace now, you have 3 partition on the drive: OS X, Debian OS and the EFI partition?

As Debian boots by default and grub-efi-amd64 is installed, the bootloader seems to be the one from Debian, not OS X anymore?

The question is then why our x86 EFI image is not working, what differences are there. Might be some special firmware for Macs, that Debian installer skips on non-Macs, although the linux-firmware-nonfree package is by default installed.

[gieljnssns]

@MichaIng

Okay, as far as I could retrace now, you have 3 partition on the drive: OS X, Debian OS and the EFI partition?
As Debian boots by default and grub-efi-amd64 is installed, the bootloader seems to be the one from Debian, not OS X anymore?

How can I check this?

The question is then why our x86 EFI image is not working, what differences are there.

I burn my usb and sd with Etcher, and etcher says the image isn't bootable

But I've had another problem, when I did the update to v6.8 I've lost all my docker containers (Hassio)
Is this normal?

[gieljnssns]

[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detecting drives, please wait...
[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detected UUID mount: /dev/sda1 > /boot/efi
[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detected UUID mount: /dev/sda2 > /mnt/ab0cc23c-72fb-3e68-bd6c-a65fbe2ea951
[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detected UUID mount: /dev/sda3 > /mnt/9fe78b5e-8ed2-33be-94bf-0ee1322fdbab
[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detected UUID mount: /dev/sda4 > /
[ INFO ] DietPi-Drive_Manager | Detected UUID mount: /dev/sda5 > /mnt/7a0207f7-dc0e-4e86-afe3-e52426c49834
mount: unknown filesystem type 'swap'

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns

I burn my usb and sd with Etcher, and etcher says the image isn't bootable

Ahh, sorry didn't read careful enough earlier, I thought the successful flashed image does not boot on Mac.

Yeah, of course, now I found the issue. It seems not possible to directly flash a bootable EFI image. Thus we offer our image bundles with Clonezilla to flash on e.g. a USB drive, boot it from there, which will then allow to install DietPi on the target drive. You already linked the instructions above: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1171#issuecomment-336522021

No idea why Etcher claims it being unbootable... However the instructions tell you to use Rufus instead, which is btw. less than 1 MB compared to Etcher more than 50 MB and Rufus is even a bid more flexible, providing additional feature like bad block testing etc. No idea why giant Etcher is promoted everywhere, just because it offers beautiful material design UI? Other topic...

So if you are in mood, it would be interesting if following the instructions with the UEFI image precisely, using Rufus for flashing on USB, boot and from Clonezilla flash on final HDD, works on Mac.

[gieljnssns]

I think rufus is Windows only?

[Invictaz]

@gieljnssns You have also Piwriter for Mac: https://sourceforge.net/projects/piwriter/

Did you try that?

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Ah yes, didn't think about that 😜.

@gieljnssns
👍

Finally Etcher also allows to ignore and continue. Only thing I don't know if it automatically chooses needed GPT partition then?

[gieljnssns]

I've tried with;

• Ether also allows to ignore and continue
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/piwriter/
• applepi-baker
• sudo dd command
• ...

I can not boot with the x86 EFI image.

[MichaIng]

@gieljnssns
Hmm okay, since it boots fine on other systems, seems that Mac needs some specials to boot the stick. Looks like the method via Debian wiki you used is the way to go for now.

[MichaIng]

We have a new x86_64 UEFI installer image which could be tested on Mac. It is based on Clonezilla as before, but since a year has been gone and Clonezilla as well as Debian (now Buster) has gone through a bunch of updates, it is worth giving it a try.

[MichaIng]

I mark this issue as closed. Basically on MAC our UEFI installer should work. If not then the MAC in question has some non-default x86_64 attributes, which at least me cannot test or work on, due to lac of MAC device. If someone wants to create a MAC image, I would be happy to provide it via our download page as community image with credits. Basically it means, installing Debian via mini.iso or debootstrap and running DietPi-PREP on it:

• https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh
• To create a Clonezilla installer image (required for UEFI, since no direct image flashing is possible, IMO), DietPi-Imager can be used from a running DietPi system: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/.meta/dietpi-imager