On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, [email protected] wrote: > On 6/10/19 2:14 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, [email protected] wrote: > >> installation of the basic system succeeded after about four hours, then > >> stopped at the "Configure the package manager" menu -- "Your > >> installation CD or DVD has been scanned ... Scan another CD or DVD?". > >> I selected "No" and hit return: no response, even after several hours. > > > > Same here (QEMU). I was able to get past this by using j instead of > > enter/return. > > > > > It seems that the old ADB keymap got enabled ("2==3" maps to "root"). > > This page has some explanation. > > https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes > > > > ... > > > ok, thanks. I didn't see a mapping for ":" at the above link, so I > wasn't able to specify the apt repository http://ftp.ports.debian.org > > I retried the installation after adding > "keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" to the kernel boot options, as > recommended at the above link. The installation still failed. So I'll > need to look more for a complete mapping to find the correct ":" character. >
Why not use the serial console? --
