Comment 25 for bug 1298894

Mac Mini (Mid 2007):

Had the unusable-"Select CD-ROM Boot Type"-menu error with Debian Wheezy, but Trusty+mac worked.

(I think) the relevant output of dmidecode (under uname Linux ubuntu 3.13.0-32-generic):
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Apple Inc.
        Version: MM21.88Z.009A.B00.0706281359
        Release Date: 06/28/07
        ROM Size: 2048 kB
        Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                ACPI is supported
                IEEE 1394 boot is supported
                Smart battery is supported
                Function key-initiated network boot is supported
        BIOS Revision: 0.1

Apple's firmware update page doesn't show any available updates for this machine.