Network Administration: Policy Based Routing

Configure Policy Based Routing with Route Map on Cisco router.

Network Administration: Split DNS

Configure Split DNS on Cisco 2951 router for internal and external traffic.

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014) – Part 5 – Install openSUSE

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014) - Part 5 - Install openSUSE and rEFInd.

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 and Mid 2011) – Part 4

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 and Mid 2011) - Part 4. Restore Mac Mini late-2014 and mid-2011. Install Windows 10 on Mac Mini mid-2011 (macmini5,1).

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 ) – Part 3 – Remove EFI/BIOS Firmware Lock

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 ) – Part 3 - Remove EFI/BIOS Firmware Lock with CH341A Programmer

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 ) – Part 2 – Install Windows 11

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (late 2014, EMC 2840, 820-5509-A) - Part 2 - Install Windows 11 natively.

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 ) – Part 1

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (late 2014, EMC 2840, 820-5509-A) - Part 1.

Flash LSI SAS Adapters to HBA IT MODE

Flash LSI SAS Adapters to IT MODE with MegaRec, SAS2FLASH.EFI.

Linux Administration: Expand LVM

Expand LVM in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Repair ProForm 505 CST Treadmill

Repair ProForm 505 CST Treadmill.

Refurbish Mac Mini A1347 (Late 2014 ) – Part 2 – Install Windows 11

2023-10-01

Background:

As detailed in the previous article, after the Mac Minis were restored (hardware wise), I decided to use one of them as a “media player” and mount it on the back of a monitor and place it in front of the treadmill to use while I work out. And since it’ll only be used as a media player, installing Windows 11 on it won’t be a bad idea.

I didn’t use BootCamp and didn’t have macOS and Windows dual OS, Windows 11 was installed natively. However, without going through the BootCamp process means that the Windows drivers issue won’t be automatically resolved.

Solution:

After installing Windows 11, use Brigadier to download and install BootCamp and drivers, after the drivers are successfully installed, BootCamp and other Apple related software can be safely removed.

Currently there is a 7zip issue (7zip bug) when unpacking the payload with brigadier. The easiest way to avoid this issue is to install the 7-Zip 22.01 (2022-07-15) version.