Hello! > On Feb 9, 2021, at 1:22 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I'd like to install the additional firmware required for PowerPC. It > is briefly discussed at > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/ch06s04.html.en. > > The problem I am having is, PowerMac's don't have an eject button. I > can't eject the installer to add the firmware CD from > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/8.10.0+nonfree/powerpc/iso-cd/. > I tried to use a USB stick but the firmware was not found. (I don't > even think the USB bus was scanned - the led on the usb stick did not > blink).
You can eject the CD from the command line with: # eject /dev/cdrom or # eject /dev/sr0 > I think the installer should be modified in two places to support an > eject operation. The first place is the "Missing firmware" screen. The > second place is the "Configure Apt" screen. That could potentially be done but we‘re adding firmware on the ISOs in the near future anyway. Adrian
