Hi Riccardo! On 11/13/18 12:29 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > However, where do I get media for installing it and what is the recommended > way? CD? USB key? The old clamshell did not boot from USB key. > > Starting from: https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/#powerpc > 32bit PPC is of course in the dust.
ISO media is available here: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/10.0/powerpc/iso-cd/ Last time I tested it on my iBook G4, it worked without problems. However, recently, some PowerPC-specific packages were removed from the archives which could affect the installation process. So, please let me know on the mailing list if you run into any issues. > Also, since it is a from scratch install, I can test installing GRUB instead > of Yaboot, since I can decide all partition sizes and also I don't risk > destroying anything. I am not interested in dual booting. Good idea. Unfortunately, if you want to use GRUB on a PPC-Mac (unlike a PPC machine from IBM, i.e. CHRP), you will have to set up and install GRUB yourself. There are posts on this mailing list by Frank Scheiner where he explains how that's done. Getting GRUB work on the PPC Macs out-of-the-box is still an item on our TODO list. We should probably have a Debian Ports sprint at some point to address all these tiny issues. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
