Hello,
Tried installing both 32bit and 64bit versions of Stable-6.12.65 and Stable-5.211.65 32bit
on two new late 2014 mac mini’s i5, 4GB RAM.
I used the ISO’s burned to a DVD and a LG external DVD-ROM.
I get an error message at the beginning stating that the hardware is incompatible and a link to centos.org/hardware. THe installation proceeds and ultimately completes without any other errors.
When the system reboots itself i get a GRU Grub screen and a command prompt. The error states :
GNU GRUB VERSION 0.97
Error 28 : Selected item cannot fit into memory
Typing anything at the “grub>” prompt returns symbols instead of letters.
I’ve installed this on previous model Mac Mini’s without issues.
Has anyone experienced this before?
This is the 4th Gen intel i5 processor. I wonder what the system differences is between this model and the previous model. Is there anyway to modify the EFI (This system doesnt have a BIOS)
Is that free software? I notice there’s something called “free vSphere Hypervisor edition”?
I’m slowly making progress with this ridiculous task I’ve set myself. I’ve found THIS document which details how to run Ubuntu on my Mac Mini so I’m currently downloading that. This is my plan:-
– Run Ubuntu from a live USB stick made possible thanks to the above 32bit EFI workaruond
– Wipe the hard disk completely
– Then investigate whether I can re-run the Sangoma Live USB stick and install the Sangoma OS successfully.
I’m a bit worried that once the OS is installed the Mac Mini won’t boot it, is there any way I could know in advance? It’s a 64 bit version of the software I’ve downloaded because while my Mac Mini IS a Core 2 Duo, it has 32bit EFI.
There is a free license available. I ditched actual Apple hardware years ago for reasons related to yours and now use all “hackintoshes”. The Mac Mini is VMWare certified and should run ESXi without issue. Linux on the other hand is not officially supported. That’s why I suggest virtualization for your project.
So, just updating everyone and no one on my quest.
I dynamically created a new partition on my Mac’s HDD from within Mac OS X using Disk Utility.
I was then able to tell the SangomaOS install that I wanted to use the HDD and I was all set to delete the partitions, create new mount points etc etc etc.
However at the point of creating a root password, I got a popup box saying:
“the package grub2-efi-ia32 is required does not exist”
I had to quit the installer. I’m left with nothing on the disk at all (Mac OS X partition has been wiped).
I figured this was a potential outcome of a failed install so it’s no biggie.
Current master plan is downloading CentOS “Everything” (a 10gb ISO) because apparently this install can cope with 32bit EFI but a 64bit system.
No, the desktop is fine and pretty low impact on that hardware even when running, even advantageous if you ever want to drill through a firewall and get to internal phone’s html pages,
apt-get install xrdp
you then can use rdesktop or m$ remote desktop on port 3389
and to stop the gui starting on boot
systemctl set-default multi-user.target
( now just waiting for the cries of OhNo!!! you can’t do that from those who have never “done that” . . .),
Does anyone know (who would be the person to ask?) whether there is a SangomaOS which is capable of BIOS legacy mode? This is an excellent write up of the hardware situation.
If not, I might take a shot at modifying the Sangoma ISO
You might end up with a bogus (!) in the first line of /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf but otherwise it works well , maybe a problem with libicu-dev on this OS so UCP wont install.
