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1. Install linux on old mac mini how to#
2. Install linux on old mac mini mac os x#
3. Install linux on old mac mini install#
4. Install linux on old mac mini Pc#

Note: Be sure to move the Mac Linux USB Loader application to your Applications folder before running it.

You can then reboot and boot those USB drives to use the Linux distribution from the live system.

Install linux on old mac mini mac os x#

This Mac application will allow you to create USB drives with your preferred Linux distro on them from within Mac OS X in just a few clicks.

Install linux on old mac mini how to#

RELATED: How to Use Your Mac's Disk Utility to Partition, Wipe, Repair, Restore, and Copy DrivesĪ tool named “ Mac Linux USB Loader” by SevenBits worked well for us. The solution below should allow you to create Linux live USB drives that will boot on modern Macs without any additional fiddling or anything extra - insert, reboot, and go.

Install linux on old mac mini install#

But you don’t have to install this alternative UEFI boot manager on your Mac.

REFInd should allow you to boot those USB drives if you install it on your Mac. There’s a reason Ubuntu recommends just burning a disc. For example, Ubuntu offers some painstaking instructions that involve converting the USB drive’s file system and making its partitions bootable, but some people report these instructions won’t work for them. While you can connect an external CD/DVD drive to your Mac and boot from standard Linux live CDs and USBs, simply connecting a Linux live USB drive created by standard tools like Universal USB Installer and uNetbootin to a Mac won’t work. Hope this helps.RELATED: How to Create Bootable USB Drives and SD Cards For Every Operating SystemĪpple’s made it difficult to boot non-Mac OS X operating systems off of USB drives. Then start the mini with alt pressed and boot from this partition, install on the other bigger partition. You could clone another disk (with the desired OS version installed) on mini's internal disk using Disk Utility (or Carbon Copy/Super Duper, that's what I usually do), or even create two partitions on it (one small, say 8 GB, and one with the remaining space) and clone the installer volume you have on the USB stick on this small partition. old OS X installers won't work on the second Mac if it's on High Sierra or any recent OS X version. After that, the problem is installing an old version os OS X on the disk. From there you can wipe the disk with Disk Utility. I don't think a white mini will boot from USB, but you could connect it to another Mac thru a Firewire cable, boot this white mini holding the T key ("target disk mode"): the mini's internal hard disk will be mounted on the other mac's desktop. Cmd-R won't work on a Mac with an old version of OS X because the recovery partition is missing. Yes RayofCommand, after you release alt-cmd-P-R the machine goes on booting from whatever boot partition was selected, as usual. Since I don't don't have the option to burn a disc here I wasn't able to try out yet. What do you think, do I have to use a DVD/CD to finally install any OS?

Install linux on old mac mini Pc#

I remember that on an old windows PC I wasn't able to install from USB even though he recognized the USB Stick. When I choose to install from USB the Mac Mini will simply boot into the installed Mac OS. While booting up and pressing command I can choose between the installed Versions of MAC OS or install Sierry from USB. Just to make sure my old mac mini can handle it. So I wondered and created a bootable stick with MAC OS Sierra on it. Pressing any other combinations doesn't let me hear any sounds. I can reset VRAM using Command Command + Apple + r + p and I hear the chime sound. The system will boot into the primary installation. I tried booting the system holding down the apple key + r without success. It is not the first time, that I do this, so I do press for sure the right keys while starting up. So I would like to re-install a fresh OS and setup the mac mini. The problem is that he has no idea what his user name and passwords are. It has Mac OS 10.x installed (actually it has 3 versions installed for whatever reason). A friend of mine gave me an old mac mini, the white one, i guess from 2007 or something.