Hi Martine! On 4/27/20 8:52 AM, MH wrote: > I succesfully install debian with grub via NETINST.iso. On both (iMac and > powermac G5) > installer work out of the box, I tested guided and manual partitioning. > Installation reports send (958835,958844).
Great to hear! > Thank you very much for great work. Thank you for testing and reporting back. > I have only two minor things, but they are connected more with mac OF, than > with debian. > > 1) grub partition is not visible on mac early Startup Manager. > solution is simple - to "bless: file "/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX" on > grub partition. > Unfortunatelly I dont't know how to do it from debian itself. hfsutils: > hattrib can "bless" directory, not file. > Do somebody know how to "bless" single file ( like ybin does ?)? > I fix it with MorphOs command HFSSetMacBoot, but this is not available > without MorphOS. Thanks for the feedback. I look into this and see if there is a solution for this. I wasn't aware of this problem. > 2) if OF "boot-command" is set to something other than "mac-boot" (in my case > I have here > exact boot-command with path for starting MorphOS) mac don't boot with grub, > and if there > is no grub visible on Startup manager, only way how to boot linux if OF > command. > It can be fixed by setting nvsetenv boot-device to "ofpath\grub" or to > "mac-boot" Not sure I understand how you end up in this situation. Can you explain in detail how to reproduce this problem? > I am very happy that there is again modern Debian for these machines. Glad you enjoy Debian! > I also installed desktops ( lxde, lxqt, mate ) - all without problems, 2D,3D > working on > iMac. ( on powermac I have X1900 G5 Edition card, which is incompatible with > linux) > > Now I will try installations on powerbook G4, and try to made custom vmlinux > to install > Debian on Pegasos2 and AmigaX1000. I have a Pegasos II box myself but I haven't gotten around testing Debian on it yet, so I cannot comment on this yet and whether it works. So it's completely untested. > thanks to all for a lot of hard work Sure :). 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
