Re: Can an iMac 24" with Core2 Duo run Debian AMD64?

Yes it can but you have to install differently.  That series of mac has
some different 32bit/64 bit EFI type issues.  It is best to use a regular
non EFI installer to install Linux on it.  I had a macbook with the same
type of issue.  The error you pasted is exactly the same one I encountered
when installers started incorporating the EFI installers.  I no longer have
that hardware so haven't done an install in some time so I can't tell you
where/ how to get an installer without EFI enabled.  Worst case, you could
do a minimal install of an older version and then dist-upgrade to the
latest version.  You could also do a chroot install from a bootable
livecd.  You should be able to find an installer with EFI disabled though.

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Steven Grunza <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I tried booting Debian 9.2.0 live netinstall and live.
>
> Both started up and gave a black screen with white writing and then a
> screen similar to:
>
>            1.
>
>            2.
> Select CD-ROM Boot Type :_
>
>
> Nothing I did on the attached USB keyboard had any affect, nor did
> anything I did with the mouse.
>
>
>
> I received the machine from someone that upgraded to a newer machine.  The
> hard drive was mostly wiped clean and Apple no longer supports the
> over-the-network install.
>
> My hope was to replace an iMac G5 (running Xubuntu) with this machine
> since the G5 is so incredibly slow (radeon driver issues most likely).
>
> Any suggestions on how to get the machine running x86_64 would be welcome
> - I'm hoping to be able to build Android and Android apps on the machine so
> it needs to be 64-bit.
>
> Steven G.
>



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