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DebianOn is an effort to document how to install, configure and use Debian on some specific hardware. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware.

The purpose is not to duplicate the Debian Official Documentation, but to document how to install Debian on some specific hardware.

If you need help to get Debian running on your hardware, please have a look at our user support channels where you may find specific channels (mailing list, IRC channel) dedicated to certain types of hardware.

Models covered: Early 2006, First-generation Intel-based Polycarbonate Apple iMac 17" (A1173), 20" (A1174)
Apple iMac4,1

Sub-models (LIST OF MODEL REFERENCE NUMBER) options :
- Processor: Yonah Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz (std) or T2500 2.0GHz (opt)
- RAM size: 512 MiB (std) - 2 GiB (opt)

Marketing model no.	MA199xx/A	MA200xx/A
Model no.	A1173	A1174
EMC no.	2104	2105
Screen size	17" (430mm)	20" (510mm)
Resolution	1440x900	1680x1050
Video Card RAM (GDDR3)	128 MiB	128 (std) or 256 (opt) MiB
Hard Drive	160 (std) or 250 (opt) GB	250 (std) or 500 (opt) GB

Characteristics in Common :
- Processor: Yonah Intel Core Duo (32-bit) 2MiB L2 Cache
- Release Date: 10 Jan 2006
- Enclosure: White polycarbonate
- Display: Widescreen 16:10, matte display
- System Bus: 667 MHz front-side bus
- Memory: 667 MHz PC2-5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM SDRAM
- Video card: ATi Radeon X1600 with at least 128 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
- HD Type: SATA 7200rpm
- Optical Drive: Slot-loading 8× SuperDrive with 2.4× DL recording (DVD+R DL, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
- Connectivity: Internal AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g
Gigabit Ethernet
Apple Remote infrared receiver
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (except late 2006 1.83 GHz)
- Camera: iSight Camera (640 × 480, 0.3 MP)
- Video Out: Mini-DVI
- Peripherals: 3× USB 2.0
2× FireWire 400
Headphone/digital audio output
Audio line-in
- Minimum operating system: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Maximum operating system: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard if 1 GB RAM installed, otherwise Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Steps to create a dual-boot Debian 10.9/Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard system.
My system came with 1GiB RAM, 500GB HD, slim Aluminum Apple USB keyboard and the 2.0GHz T2500 processor.

Check for latest firmware on Apple's site and compare against what is installed on the machine. Update if needed. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518
Install rEFIt on the hidden EFI System Partition.
1. Download the Mac dmg format rEFIt from the project website. https://sourceforge.net/projects/refit/ b. If you have a fairly recent version of Firefox (48.0.2) it will have the security certificate to do this. Apple Safari (Version 5.1.10 (6534.59.10) of 2013 vintage) from Mac OS X 10.6.8 (last update of Snow Leopard) doesn't have the proper security certificate and thus won't work. c. If need be, you can download the needed file, rEFIt-0.14.dmg, on a different computer and copy it to a USB memory stick, then copy it from the memory stick on to the iMac.

Type the following commands at a Terminal or command line prompt:

d. Mount the dmg (disk image), $ hdiutil attach Downloads/rEFIt-0.14.dmg e. Create the mount point for the hidden EFI System Partition, $ sudo mkdir /efi f. Mount the hidden EFI System Partition, $ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /efi

https://sourceforge.net/p/refit/bugs/51/

Overall Status

Core Components
Boot Standard Kernel:	[?]
LAN network card:	[?]
Detect CD/DVD:	[?]
Detect hard drives:	[?]
Secure boot:	[?]
Extra Features
CPU Frequency Scaling	[?]
Hibernation	[?]
Sleep / Suspend	[?]
Xorg	[?]
- OpenGL	[?]
- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)	[?]
Switch to External Screen	[?]
Mouse
- Built-in (Trackpoint)	[?]
- Built-in (Touchpad)	[?]
Modem	[?]
Wireless/Wifi	[?]
Keyboard's Hotkeys	[?]

~-Legend :
= OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; $/!\$ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

Important Note

Configuration

Display

(not covered yet)

Audio

(not covered yet)

Mouse

(not covered yet)

Power Management

(not covered yet)

WiFi

(not covered yet)

Modem

(not covered yet)

= System Summary =

lspci

lsusb

lsusb -v | grep -E '\<(Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)' 2>/dev/null

USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.

Resources

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

Other reports

Debian installation report

Linux hardware database probe

Installing Linux distro foo on computer bar

Useful Links

Credits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_(Intel-based)#1st_generation:_Polycarbonate_iMac

CategoryDesktopComputer

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-~- Characteristics in Common:<<BR>> - Processor:  Yonah Intel Core Duo (32-bit) 2MiB L2 Cache<<BR>> - Release Date:  10 Jan 2006<<BR>> - Enclosure:  White polycarbonate<<BR>> - Display:  Widescreen 16:10, matte display<<BR>> - System Bus:  667 MHz front-side bus<<BR>> - Memory:  667 MHz PC2-5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM SDRAM<<BR>> - Video card:  ATi Radeon X1600 with at least 128 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM<<BR>> - HD Type:  SATA 7200rpm<<BR>> - Optical Drive:  Slot-loading 8× SuperDrive with 2.4× DL recording (DVD+R DL, DVD±RW, CD-RW)<<BR>> - Connectivity:  Internal AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g<<BR>>Gigabit Ethernet<<BR>>Apple Remote infrared receiver<<BR>>Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (except late 2006 1.83 GHz)<<BR>> - Camera:  iSight Camera (640 × 480, 0.3 MP)<<BR>> - Video Out:  Mini-DVI<<BR>> - Peripherals:  3× USB 2.0<<BR>>2× FireWire 400<<BR>>Headphone/digital audio output<<BR>>Audio line-in<<BR>> - Minimum operating system:  Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger<<BR>> - Maximum operating system:  Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard if 1 GB RAM installed, otherwise Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -~
+~- Characteristics in Common :<<BR>> - Processor:  Yonah Intel Core Duo (32-bit) 2MiB L2 Cache<<BR>> - Release Date:  10 Jan 2006<<BR>> - Enclosure:  White polycarbonate<<BR>> - Display:  Widescreen 16:10, matte display<<BR>> - System Bus:  667 MHz front-side bus<<BR>> - Memory:  667 MHz PC2-5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM SDRAM<<BR>> - Video card:  ATi Radeon X1600 with at least 128 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM<<BR>> - HD Type:  SATA 7200rpm<<BR>> - Optical Drive:  Slot-loading 8× !SuperDrive with 2.4× DL recording (DVD+R DL, DVD±RW, CD-RW)<<BR>> - Connectivity:  Internal !AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g<<BR>>Gigabit Ethernet<<BR>>Apple Remote infrared receiver<<BR>>Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (except late 2006 1.83 GHz)<<BR>> - Camera:  iSight Camera (640 × 480, 0.3 MP)<<BR>> - Video Out:  Mini-DVI<<BR>> - Peripherals:  3× USB 2.0<<BR>>2× !FireWire 400<<BR>>Headphone/digital audio output<<BR>>Audio line-in<<BR>> - Minimum operating system:  Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger<<BR>> - Maximum operating system:  Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard if 1 GB RAM installed, otherwise Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -~
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+~- Steps to create a dual-boot Debian 10.9/Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard system.<<BR>>
My system came with 1GiB RAM, 500GB HD, slim Aluminum Apple USB keyboard and the 2.0GHz T2500 processor.
 1.  Check for latest firmware on Apple's site and compare against what is installed on the machine.  Update if needed.  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518
 2.  Install rEFIt on the hidden EFI System Partition.
  a.  Download the Mac dmg format rEFIt from the project website.  https://sourceforge.net/projects/refit/
  b.  If you have a fairly recent version of Firefox (48.0.2) it will have the security certificate to do this.  Apple Safari (Version 5.1.10 (6534.59.10) of 2013 vintage) from Mac OS X 10.6.8 (last update of Snow Leopard) doesn't have the proper security certificate and thus won't work.
  c.  If need be, you can download the needed file, rEFIt-0.14.dmg, on a different computer and copy it to a USB memory stick, then copy it from the memory stick on to the iMac.
Type the following commands at a Terminal or command line prompt:
  d.  Mount the dmg (disk image), $ hdiutil attach Downloads/rEFIt-0.14.dmg
  e.  Create the mount point for the hidden EFI System Partition, $ sudo mkdir /efi
  f.  Mount the hidden EFI System Partition, $ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /efi

https://sourceforge.net/p/refit/bugs/51/

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