A while ago, it was decided that PowerPC, like most other architectures, would use the 2.2 kernel. However, this kernel simply does not work on newer PowerMac hardware, and it is also less than ideal even on older systems.
So I've been working on a "new-powermac" installer, which will use the 2.4 kernel. Currently, I'm using benh's tree. Please, please test this installer! I've done a few successful installs with it, and I've gotten other success reports as well. There are just two minor problems, which I'll mention below. But first: http://people.debian.org/~walters/debian/installer/new-powermac The biggest problem that I haven't been able to figure out is that "reboot" is a noop. You'll need to reboot manually at the end with Control-Command-Power. The second problem is that you might see strange characters while the base files are downloading; these can be safely ignored. Please let me (or [email protected]) know of any other problems! My modifications should make it into the mainline installer after 3.0.18 is released.
