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installation snippets

goal: efi-bootable installation of OS X, Windows 8, Linux (opensuse 12.3)

backup harddisk:

• unused 16 GB usb stick
• use os x disk utility to create a guid partition table with two partitions (first with 1 GB size, formatted mac os extended journaled)
• download os x recovery tool from apple here
• run the recovery tool (in os x) and format the usb stick
• use os x disk utility to create a second partition on the usb stick
• use this second partition as time machine backup and let time machine create a full backup (might take some hours with usb 2 sticks);
  – needs about 12 GB to backup the preinstalled os x of mac mini;
  – change energy settings in system settings that this backup does not get interrupted by automatic sleep mode.
• make sure that the usb stick is bootable:
  boot with pressed option/alt-key

reformat hard disk as gpt disk without (protective) mbr

• warning: a backup is required because all data on the disk will be erased
• in order to get as second os windows with efi boot the disk is formated with windows diskpart (following this helpful tutorial)
• boot with some windows 8 install media (windows 7 or vista should work as well)
  – press shift+F10 to get a console window
  (it might be neccessary to enter repair options screen first)
  – run diskpart with
  • list disk
  • select disk 0
  • clean
  • convert gpt
    in case convert gpt fails with error write protected
    and attr dis shows read-only yes, then run
    attr dis clear readonly
    now convert gpt should work
  • create partition efi size=256
  • format fs=fat32 quick label=EFI
  • create partition primary size=51200 [size of your OS X partition in MB; Ex. 50GB = 51200]
  • list partition
  • create partition msr size=128
  • create partition primary size=30720 (desired size of your Windows partition; Ex. 30GB = 30720)
  • format fs=ntfs quick label=Windows
  • exit

  – reboot

restore os x

• boot with pressed option/alt-key, select the usb stick with osx recovery tool
  – restore os x using the time machine backup
• reboot into os x
  – run boot camp to download windows drivers
  (store the drivers in your os x home folder)
  – do not use boot camp to prepare your hard disk!
  – install rEFIt 0.14 boot loader from sourceforge
  -the configuration file of rEFIt allows to set os x as default os
  (/efi/refit/refit.conf on the os x system partition
  default_selection M)

prepare efi-bootable windows 8 install medium

• warning: in bios-mode the installer does not accept the disk and windows partition created with diskpart
  (only windows 8 64 bit properly prepared install media support (u)efi-mode …)
• steps to create a efi-bootable usb stick from only bios-bootable dvd (as described here)
  – unused 4 GB usb stick
  – run diskpart (from windows vista/7/8 or from a windows 7/8 installer)
  – run diskpart with
  • list disk
  • select disk X (make sure X corresponds to the 4 GB usb stick!)
    
  • clean
  • create partition primary
  • select partition 1
  • active
  • format fs=fat32 quick
  • assign
  • exit

  – copy files from existing bios-bootable windows 8 64 bit install medium to the new usb stick

  • xcopy E:\*.* /s/e/f F:\

  – this assumes the existing install medium has drive letter E: and the new medium has drive letter F:
  – reboot into os x and copy the folder with bootcamp drivers to the new usb stick

install windows 8

• boot with the efi bootable windows 8 pro 64 bit install medium
• select the windows partition created before
  (if the installer displays that this partion is not formatted then efi-boot failed; you have to retry to boot into efi-mode)
• after installation of windows 8 install bootcamp drivers (enables networking)
• to get rEFIt boot manager back
  – either boot with pressed option/alt-key into osx and use system settings to select start volume “os x”
  – or use the windows 8 bootcamp system tray applet to select the start volume “os x”

opensuse 12.3 installation

• burn an OpenSuse 12.3 64 bit install dvd (full installer, not only network installer)
• efi-boot with this dvd (using grubx64.efi)
• select user defined install
• add linux partitions to the hard disk
  – an additional fat32 data partition which has rw access by os x, windows and linux might be useful
  – the partioning summary should show that /dev/sda1 is used as boot device
• in boot manager settings select “test for other systems”, use grub2-efi and ignore the error message
• install linux
  – should be successful except network
• to get rEFIt boot manager back boot into windows and use bootcamp system try applet
  (windows should be displayed in the grub2 boot menu; eles use pressed option/alt key during boot)

• the tg3 network module has to be recompiled with additional pci id lines
  (the same issue is in Desinfec’t 2013 published by german c’t magazine: patched ubuntu tg3.ko: tg3_desinfect2013)
• boot into linux and use yast to install from dvd build tools and linux kernel source and linux headers:
  – the rightmost tab in yast software install tool (“Schemata” in german version) allows to select
  – basic development tools
  – c/c++ development
  – linux kernel development
• the file tg3.c has to be patched as decribed here
  (lspci -nn gives [14e4:1686] which corresponds in tg3.h to TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57766
  but the device id TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57766 is missing in tg3.c)
  – copy /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c to tg3.c.orig and add the lines marked with +
  (without writing the ‘+’ sign)

  {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57762)},
  + {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57766)},
  + {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57782)},
  + {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, TG3PCI_DEVICE_TIGON3_57786)},
  - then recompile tg3.ko; run inside a konsole window:
  cd /usr/src/linux
  make clean
  make oldconfig
  cp /usr/src/linux-obj/x86_64/desktop/Module.symvers /usr/src/linux/
  (or cp /boot/symvers-3.xyz.gz /usr/src/linux; cd /usr/src/linux; gunzip symvers-3.xyz.gz;
  ln -s symvers-3.xyz Module.symvers)

  make scripts
  make prepare
  cd drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/
  make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
  su
  cp tg3.ko /lib/modules/3.7.10-1.1-desktop/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/

• finally re-insert tg3 kernel module:
  - rmmod tg3
  - insmod tg3

• use command dmesg and ifconfig -a to verify that network interface eth0 is now available

• use yast to setup wired network eth0

opensuse 12.3 enable wireless network

•  kernel module b43 needs firmware files which should be downloaded by
  sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
  (as diplayed by:
  rmmod b43
  modprobe b43
  dmesg
  )
• currently (2013-03) install_bcm43xx_firmware does not install all required files
  (ucode29_mimo.fw is missing)
• download these firmware files (which claim to be part of netgear wndr4500 gpl source package)
• open this archive and extract linux/wl_apsta.o to /lib/firmware/broadcom-wl-firmwares/
• open a konsole window with root rights and run
  cd /lib/firmware/broadcom-wl-firmwares
  b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta.o
• now run:
  rmmod b43
  modprobe b43
  dmesg
  This should display Broadcom 4331 WLAN found
• then use yast or network manager to configure wireless network

+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static struct usb_device_id btusb_table[] = {
+ /* Apple MacBookPro10,1 */
+ { USB_DEVICE(0x05ac, 0x8286) },
+