Re: Debian on iBook

[John Ogness]

On 2018-08-09, Mick Bert  wrote:
> Do you think if I install an older version, than upgrade, it would
> work?  Where can I download an iso of older version?

I haven't looked at the latest sid netinst ISO, but if it is still
yaboot based, the easiest thing to do is probably to use the jessie
bootloader to springboard into the sid install:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2017/10/msg00099.html

John Ogness

Re: Debian on iBook

[Mick Bert]

2018-08-08 22:53 GMT+02:00 John Ogness :

> Hi Mick,
>
> On 2018-08-08, Mick Bert  wrote:
> >> You can fetch the installation image here:
> >>
> >>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/10.0/powerpc/iso-cd/
> >>
> >> Let me know if you run into issues. There have been recently changes
> >> on the server side for PowerPC for which we should build fresh
> >> installation images. But I haven't done this for a while now.
> >>
> >> If the installation fails, I have a good reason to finally do that.
> >>
> > Actually the installation fails, already at boot time: it leads to
> > something like an openfirmware console, where I can either reboot or
> > shutdown:
> >
> > Decrementer exception at %SRR0: 001001d8 %SRR1: 10003030
> >
> > Apple PowerBook6,5 4.8.7f1 BootROM built on 09/23/04 at 16:13:38
>
> Is yaboot still used as the installer? I also have an iBook and reported
> [0] and provided a fix [1] for a very similar issue relating to yaboot
> back in October 2017. My fix was never picked up because yaboot was
> supposed to be replaced with grub.
>
>
> Infact it is similar.
Do you think if I install an older version, than upgrade, it would work?
Where can I download an iso of older version?
--
Mick