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description | Scripts to bootstrap Debian on Apple m1 machines. |
owner | Thomas Glanzmann |
last change | Fri, 1 Nov 2024 14:52:42 +0000 (15:52 +0100) |
URL | git://git.zerfleddert.de/m1-debian |
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This pages explains how to install Debian on Apple Silicon machines.
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 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". 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.
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.
Poweroff your Mac. Hold and press the power button until you see a wheel chain and Options written below. Approx 20 seconds.
In the boot picker, choose Options. Once loaded, open a Terminal under Utilities > Terminal
Run the asahi installer and select Debian:
curl -sL https://tg.st/d | sh
Follow the installer instructions.
Once Debian is booted log in as root without password and set a root password
passwd
pwconv
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 wlan0
vi /etc/network/interfaces
Reboot to see if grub was correctly installed
reboot
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
useradd -m -c 'Firstname Lastname' -s /bin/bash <username>
passwd <username>
Optional install sshd. You can not log in as root, but only with your unprivileged user
apt update
apt install -y openssh-server
Consult the /root/quickstart.txt file to find out how to do other interesting things.
Prerequisites
- USB Stick. this is what this guide assumes, but it is also possible
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.
Create USB Stick with a single vfat partition on it and untar the modified Debian installer on it. Instructions for Linux:
# 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 ${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:
Name: LIVE
Format: MS-DOS (FAT)
Scheme: Master Boot Record
Than open a terminal, and run the following commands:
sudo su -
cd /Volumes/LIVE
curl -sL https://tg.st/u/asahi-debian-live.tar | tar -xf -
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 countdown by pressing any key and run the following comamnd to boot from usb:
env set boot_efi_bootmgr; run bootcmd_usb0
Reboot with the USB stick connected, the Debian livesystem should automatically start, if it doesn't load the kernel and initrd manually, you can use tab. For x try 0,1,2,...
linux (hdX,msdos1)/vmlinuz
initrd (hdX,msdos1)/initrd.gz
boot
Log in as root without password.
Consult the /root/quickstart.txt file to find out how to get the networking up, etc.
For Debian stable I'm currently unable to update the kernel due to the fact that the kernel requires new mesa packages and the new mesa package needs too many dependencies which are not in Debian stable and I'm not willing to add that many new packages. So I recommend that if you want the latest asahi kernel, mesa, sound and other packages, switch to testing and use Thomas Renards packages for testing. https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Bananas
Currently speakers are only supported on M1 air. Install the necessary packages:
apt update
apt upgrade -y
apt dist-upgrade -y
apt install -y alsa-ucm-conf-asahi speakersafetyd
reboot
After the reboot I need to restart the speakersafetyd in order to hear sound out of the speakers:
sudo systemctl restart speakersafetyd
Yes, M3 is not yet supported.
Yes, I do and will continue doing this until there is an official Debian installer.
Yes, long answer below.
To update the kernel to the lastest "stable" asahi branch you need to run as root:
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 partion in order to support the GPU code. As soon as that happens, I'll add the instructions and a video in order to do so, but short version is:
- Backup /boot/efi/EFI
- Delete the old stub and efi/esp partition
- Rerun the asahi installer with m1n1+u-boot option
- Put the /boot/efi/EFI back
So, you never need to reinstall Debian. Kernel updates are easy, stub updates are a little bit more cumbersome but also seldom.
In order to build zfs you need the rust environment. So from the m1-debian repository you have to run these scripts:
./dependencies.sh
./prepare_rust.sh
Prepare your zfs build environment. You need to replace /home/sithglan/work/m1-debian with your path to your m1-debian checkout:
export CARGO_HOME="/home/sithglan/work/m1-debian/build/cargo"
export RUSTUP_HOME="/home/sithglan/work/m1-debian/build/rust"
source "/home/sithglan/work/m1-debian/build/cargo/env"
Tell zfs which version of clang you use to compile the kernel:
export KERNEL_LLVM=-15
Checkout ZFS:
git clone https://github.com/openzfs/zfs
cd ./zfs
git checkout master
Apply the following patch:
diff --git a/META b/META
index 3919b0d..67c9f7d 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Branch: 1.0
Version: 2.2.99
Release: 1
Release-Tags: relext
-License: CDDL
+License: GPL
Author: OpenZFS
Linux-Maximum: 6.4
Linux-Minimum: 3.10
Build ZFS:
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make -s -j$(nproc)
Follow the instructions on https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Developer%20Resources/Building%20ZFS.html how to install it.
You need an unpriviledged user to log in. You should delete /etc/network/interfaces in order to manage the network under gnome. If you don't have an US keyboard, you can change the settings in Gnome > Settings > Keyboard.
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