# Tripwires
The USB-A Port on the Mac Mini will not work in u-boot and grub. The two
-additional USB-3 ports on the iMac 4 port model also don't work in u-boot, grub
+additional USB-3 ports on the iMac 4 port model don't work in u-boot, grub
and Linux. In order to install Linux on a FileVault-enabled Mac run the
installer from Recovery open Disk Utility > Expanding "Macintosh HD" >
-Selecting locked volume > click "Mount".
+Selecting locked volume > click "Mount". Debian does not include the choosen
+EFI patch. As a result it will always pick the first ESP partition. This can be
+problematic if you're using multiple ESP partitions for example when having
+multiple Linux and BSD installations.
# Artefacts
-If you don't want to use the prebuild artefacts, you can build them yourself using the [bootstrap.sh](https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/bootstrap.sh) script.
+If you don't want to use the prebuild artefacts, you can build them yourself
+using the following scripts:
+
+ - prepare_rust.sh - Prepares a rust installation suitable for kernel compilation
+ - m1n1_uboot_kernel.sh - Builds m1n1, u-boot and the kernel including gpu support.
+ - mesa.sh - Creates mesa packages
+ - bootstrap.sh - Creates Debian root and live filesystem
+ - meta.sh - Meta package which makes sure that we always get latest and greatest kernel.
# Asahi installer
* Configure wifi by editing the wpa_supplicant.conf, enabling the interface and remove the # before allow-hotplug to enable it during boot.
vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
- ifup wlp1s0f0
+ ifup wlan0
vi /etc/network/interfaces
* Reboot to see if grub was correctly installed
* Install a desktop environment for example blackbox
+ apt-get update
apt-get install -y xinit blackbox xterm firefox-esr lightdm
* Create yourself an unprivileged user
* Prerequisites
- USB Stick. this is what this guide assumes, but it is also possible
- to run the Debian installer from another PC using m1n1 chainloading.
+ to run the Debian livesystem from another PC using m1n1 chainloading.
But if you know how to do that, you probably don't need this guide.
- If possible use an Ethernet Dongle, less typing.
# Identify the usb stick device
lsblk
+
DEVICE=/dev/sdX
parted -a optimal $DEVICE mklabel msdos
parted -a optimal $DEVICE mkpart primary fat32 2048s 100%
mkfs.vfat ${DEVICE}1
-
- mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt
- cd /mnt
- curl -sL https://tg.st/u/asahi-debian-live.tar | tar -xf -
+ mount ${DEVICE}1 /mnt
+ curl -sL https://tg.st/u/asahi-debian-live.tar | tar -C /mnt -xf -
umount /mnt
In order to format the usb stick under Macos, open the disk utility, right-click on the usb stick (usually the lowest device in the list) and select erase. Choose the following options:
* You need to run the asahi installer and have either an OS installed or m1n1+UEFI.
-* If you have a EFI binary on the NVMe and want to boot from the usb stick, you need to interrupt u-boot on the countdoun by pressing any key and run the following comamnd to boot from usb:
+* If you have a EFI binary on the NVMe and want to boot from the usb stick, you need to interrupt u-boot on the countdown by pressing any key and run the following comamnd to boot from usb:
run bootcmd_usb0
# FAQ
-* If I install Debian, will it still be relatively easy to update the Asahi work as it develops?
+* If I install Debian, will it be easy to update the Asahi work as it develops?
Yes, long answer below.
To update the kernel to the lastest "stable" asahi branch you need to run
as root:
- curl -sL https://tg.st/u/ksh | bash
+ apt update
+ apt upgrade
+
+For installations before 2022-12-12, see <https://thomas.glanzmann.de/asahi/README.txt>
Later it might be necessary to upgrade the stub parition in order to
support the GPU code. As soon as that happens, I'll add the
projects / m1-debian / blobdiff