#Balenaetcher brew install#

In order to get this setup and installed, you will need to get a keyboard and display plugged in. ItвЂ™s worth noting here that Mac minis (or any Macs for that matter) do not have any IPMI, Intel AMT, lights-out managemenet, etc.

#Balenaetcher brew install#

Once complete, your next step is to get your Mac mini booted into the live install USB. Regardless of your tool, once downloaded, write that ISO to a USB drive. If you are using a Mac, you can easily install Etcher via brew brew cask install balenaetcher otherwise you can download it from balena. If you are on Windows, I recommend using Rufus. You can definitely use dd for this, but I prefer to use balenaEtcher (formerly Etcher). Once completed, IвЂ™ll need to write this out to a USB drive. To get started, IвЂ™ll download the Ubuntu Server ISO (20.04 is the version at this time) from I will be putting together a guide for getting Debian installed on an early 2005 Mac mini, which required considerably more work. Many other Mac minis (or Macs) may work, but many will not. In my case, I am working with a Late-2012 Mac mini, with 16 GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. Obviously this guide is geared towards more modern Intel Mac minis. This part we will cover the initial installation & setup of Ubuntu. This is part 1 of a series for getting KVM/Libvirt up and running on a Mac mini. They are quiet, power efficient, and have a generally high Wife Acceptance Factor (See here). Getting Ubuntu & KVM installed on a Mac mini for virtualization.ДЄ mac mini (or NUC) makes a great entrypoint into homelab computing.