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1This pages explains how to install Debian on Apple Silicon machines.
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3# Tripwires
4The USB-A Port on the Mac Mini will not work in u-boot and grub. The two
2984be23 5additional USB-3 ports on the iMac 4 port model don't work in u-boot, grub
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6and Linux. In order to install Linux on a FileVault-enabled Mac run the
7installer from Recovery open Disk Utility > Expanding "Macintosh HD" >
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8Selecting locked volume > click "Mount". Debian does not include the choosen
9EFI patch. As a result it will always pick the first ESP partition. This can be
10problematic if you're using multiple ESP partitions for example when having
11multiple Linux and BSD installations.
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7f89d5b0 13# Artefacts
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14If you don't want to use the prebuild artefacts, you can build them yourself
15using the following scripts:
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17 - prepare_rust.sh - Prepares a rust installation suitable for kernel compilation
18 - m1n1_uboot_kernel.sh - Builds m1n1, u-boot and the kernel including gpu support.
19 - mesa.sh - Creates mesa packages
20 - bootstrap.sh - Creates Debian root and live filesystem
13cab652 21 - meta.sh - Meta package which makes sure that we always get latest and greatest kernel.
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23# Asahi installer
24
25[Video Recording](https://tg.st/u/debian_asahi_installer.mp4)
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27* Poweroff your Mac. Hold and press the power button until you see a wheel chain and Options written below. Approx 20 seconds.
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29* In the boot picker, choose Options. Once loaded, open a Terminal under Utilities > Terminal
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0c054fe6 31* Run the asahi installer and select Debian:
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9c6d410f 33 curl -sL https://tg.st/d | sh
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35* Follow the installer instructions.
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37* Once Debian is booted log in as root without password and set a root password
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39 passwd
40 pwconv
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42* Configure wifi by editing the wpa_supplicant.conf, enabling the interface and remove the # before allow-hotplug to enable it during boot.
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44 vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
e6f0833d 45 ifup wlan0
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46 vi /etc/network/interfaces
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48* Reboot to see if grub was correctly installed
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50 reboot
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52* Install a desktop environment for example blackbox
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56d14923 54 apt-get update
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55 apt-get install -y xinit blackbox xterm firefox-esr lightdm
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57* Create yourself an unprivileged user
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59 useradd -m -c 'Firstname Lastname' -s /bin/bash <username>
60 passwd <username>
61
62* Optional install sshd. You can not log in as root, but only with your unprivileged user
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64 apt update
65 apt install -y openssh-server
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67* Consult the **[/root/quickstart.txt](https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/files/quickstart.txt)** file to find out how to do other interesting things.
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7f89d5b0 69# Livesystem
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7f89d5b0 71[Video Recording](https://tg.st/u/live.mp4)
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73* Prerequisites
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9c6d410f 75 - USB Stick. this is what this guide assumes, but it is also possible
d7a5b871 76 to run the Debian livesystem from another PC using m1n1 chainloading.
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77 But if you know how to do that, you probably don't need this guide.
78 - If possible use an Ethernet Dongle, less typing.
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79
80* Create USB Stick with a single vfat partition on it and untar the modified Debian installer on it. Instructions for Linux:
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82 # Identify the usb stick device
83 lsblk
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85 DEVICE=/dev/sdX
86 parted -a optimal $DEVICE mklabel msdos
87 parted -a optimal $DEVICE mkpart primary fat32 2048s 100%
88 mkfs.vfat ${DEVICE}1
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89 mount ${DEVICE}1 /mnt
90 curl -sL https://tg.st/u/asahi-debian-live.tar | tar -C /mnt -xf -
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91 umount /mnt
92
93In 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:
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95 Name: LIVE
96 Format: MS-DOS (FAT)
97 Scheme: Master Boot Record
98
99Than open a terminal, and run the following commands:
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101 sudo su -
102 cd /Volumes/LIVE
103 curl -sL https://tg.st/u/asahi-debian-live.tar | tar -xf -
104
105* You need to run the asahi installer and have either an OS installed or m1n1+UEFI.
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12a464df 107* 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:
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109 run bootcmd_usb0
110
111* 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,...
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113 linux (hdX,msdos1)/vmlinuz
114 initrd (hdX,msdos1)/initrd.gz
115 boot
116
117* Log in as **root** without password.
118
119* Consult the **[/root/quickstart.txt](https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/files/quickstart.txt)** file to find out how to get the networking up, etc.
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120
121# FAQ
122
e6f0833d 123* If I install Debian, will it be easy to update the Asahi work as it develops?
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125Yes, long answer below.
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127To update the kernel to the lastest "stable" asahi branch you need to run
128as root:
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130 apt update
131 apt upgrade
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133For installations before 2022-12-12, see <https://thomas.glanzmann.de/asahi/README.txt>
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135Later it might be necessary to upgrade the stub parition in order to
136support the GPU code. As soon as that happens, I'll add the
137instructions and a video in order to do so, but short version is:
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139 - Backup /boot/efi/EFI
140 - Delete the old stub and efi/esp partition
5869d4a4 141 - Rerun the asahi installer with m1n1+u-boot option
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142 - Put the /boot/efi/EFI back
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8499f105 144So, you never need to reinstall Debian. Kernel updates are easy, stub
28465d9b 145updates are a little bit more cumbersome but also seldom.
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