To create bootable USB/drive using diskutil and dd within CLI on macOS might help too.
Here are the result of my recent trials:
Etcher is useless for creating a bootable USB stick for a Mac. The Mac requires an EFI partition on the USB. But Etcher wipes out everything on the drive before flashing it.
I spent a lot of time on the Etcher forum in discussions and trials.
It tried the Mac Linux USB loader from sevenbits. But it does not work either.
Looking at https://sevenbits.github.io/Enterprise/ , there are some explanations. But a person would need to know kernels and RAM disks from the PureOS iso file.
Maybe someone on here knows this.
I know that the PureOS iso file works. If I flash it onto a virgin hard drive and install the hard drive inside the Mac to where the Mac doesnât have a choice but to work with it, I can run PureOS live in fail safe mode. But than I cannot install it of course, since PureOS cannot install itself onto the same drive the live version is running from.
If it runs from the internal hard drive, why is it so complicated to get it to run from a USB?
In your shoes Iâd take a look at âMigrating a UEFI-based installâ chapter and this advice on âInstalling PureOS on a 2015 MacBook Proâ (quite sure this is posted somewhere on this forum).
Another explanation is here:
As you already understand that people usually do not have enough time, have another priorities, etc., please try to share with us that you understood process/difference when installing PureOS and return here with some kind of solution, please, when at least half way done with it (even if this is the only computer that you can use, and prepare necessary, in order to make things happen).
Last night I burned the PureOS iso onto a DVD. Etcher didnât work for that as it was not able to access the DVD drive. So I just did a casual burn with the MaciOS. Then I restarted the Mac holding the OPTION key and it offered me the DVD drive to boot from.
I booted the PureOS in fail safe mode and eventually got to the point where PureOS asked me for a username and password. ???
That was different from past experiences booting from the internal hard drive Etcher flash.
What is the username and password please?
Please try this below:
I would be bad teacher anyway, but is there any particular reason that you are repeatedly using failsafe option - instead of hitting the Enter key / choosing first/default (on top) option!
NOTE: If there is something to be modified on your computer (under the default boot option) you will be asked from Calamares installer/process and aware of such before you decide to make any/some changes.
Good move, as I consider that by using CD/DVD drive you are now in advantage. Get familiar with Live PureOS and install it (test this) on (just on):
and try to progress on from there (by resolving UEFI issue, at first). Again, please stay focused on where to install boot loader (new hard drive connected through USB adapter cord) before you do so. Thatâs all, good luck.
I use the fail safe mode because the other mode doesnât work.
Tonight I got PureOS installed on my MacbookPro. I am writing this reply on PureOS. Now I need to figure out how to get the wifi to work.
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I was told, assuming I have the Ethernet cable plugged in. to use the App command to install the WiFi module, from someplace in the Debian Repository, orâŚ
Which, as I guess you know, can be identified by using the lspci command. It is Broadcom something something.
Please let us know how you get along.
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Please forgive my ignorance.
What is the âApp commandâ? Is it a command line or just the place where the apps are found?
Where do I find the Debian Repository?
First, as requested from @purple. within Terminal please type command:
~$ sudo lspci
and provide received output (Network controller: Broadcom BCMXXXX) within this thread. App command is just one letter lapsus in writing (refers to abbreviation of somewhat older, but valid: apt-get command):
~$ sudo apt update && apt upgrade, or
~# apt install XXXX.
I found the Broadcom BCM4331 network controller.
But any of the other commands did not work. If I could figure out how to copy and paste, I would show all the results here. But the usual ctrl C and ctrl V donât work.
But I figured out the screen shot. See next reply.
To install a package when not already in a root shell, you need
sudo apt install package-name
where package-name is replaced with the name of the package to install.
That explains the last error (permission denied and are you root?).
Sorry, today Iâm somewhere else, underway. First two things you need to do are, please donât skip:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
After âYesâ, take a deep breath ⌠from there, someone from community will help you ⌠@purple ⌠(or wait day or two)!
EDIT: Last step in order to have and run latest PureOS:
$ sudo reboot
Hi @Ralf the pic you sent shows that you need the firmware for the Broadcom BCM4331. That firmware is non free, meaning it is not available in PureOS.
You can download that firmware from here:
ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-common_6.30.223.271-10_all.deb
After you download it you can install it like shown here:
https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/tips/install_packages_manually/
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I donât know if I am ârootâ. How do I find out?
If your command prompt ends in # you are root. If it ends in $ you need to use sudo. To become root you can type âsudo suâ but you can also just type âsudoâ before any command that needs to be run as root. This is generally safer because it gives your shell root permissions only for the command youâre running instead of âuntil you stop being root,â which you can do by typing âexitâ.
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Thanks.
I still have not figured out how to do a right-click now with PureOS on this MacPro. When I installed PureOS I did chose the MacPro keyboard, but there is still some functionality missing.
I downloaded the firmware and installed it, but I donât see any wifi yet.