Hello Mark, a while ago I succeeded in installing Debian 6.0.3 (ppc64) on an IBM Power740 via the netinstall image. During the setup process it was necessary to update the yaboot bootloader and manually change its configuration. Once installed however it runs stable and fast, very fast actually.
You can find the instructions here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2011/09/msg00050.html Maybe they can be adopted to your system. Good luck! Sincerely, Benedikt Am Dienstag, den 17.01.2012, 13:58 +0000 schrieb Mark Benson: > I have a new IBM IntelliStation 285 (9111-285) and am trying to install. > Using the latest Debian 6.0.3 DVD or netinstall images. I can setup and > install Debian just fine, but when I hit the yaboot install stage it fails > and reports no partition of type Apple_Bootstrap found. I used guided > partitioning on one disk and a 7.3MB PReP partition is present and flagged as > Bootable (B). > > The Apple partition error is erroneous as IBM use a PReP partition instead so > I don't understand the issue. > > Can anyone help? > > -- > Mark Benson > > http://markbenson.org/blog > http://twitter.com/MDBenson > -- Benedikt Wegmann [email protected] +49 (0)551 201-1870 Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] ......................... Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen URL: http://www.gwdg.de , E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1510, Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen, Registergericht: Göttingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 ......................... Die digitale Unterschrift dieser Mail kann anhand des Zertifikats des DFN überprüft werden: https://ca.gwdg.de/certs/
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