Re: debian-installer: virtio support for powerpc cdrom/netboot installs

can you tell me how to unsubscribe from this list... On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:13 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Hi Frederic! > > > virtio modules are more and more used in VMs and it would be nice to > have those > > into the netboot and cdrom installers

Hard-drive corrupted

Hi All, I also successfully installed Debian 8 on my PowerMac G5 - however shortly afterwards the home folder became corrupted and eventually the entire drive became unusable... so does anyone have a good resource for replacemnt hard drive for the old beast? thanks jonny On Tue, Dec 29, 2015

Re: Hard-drive corrupted

thanks... On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://macsales.com is a great site. I was able SSD drives for my > Powermac G4. > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Jonni O'Gorman <jonni.ogor...@gmail.com> >

Re: Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

Hi all, I followed peter's guide and successfully installed debian8 with updated kernel and MATE desktop, however my hard drive soon became corrupted so I ma back to square one with a hunk of metal I am still trying to trun intop a functioning computer... worked well for a whie though... jonny

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

it. best regards, jonny On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Rick Thomas rbtho...@pobox.com wrote: On Jun 30, 2015, at 5:24 AM, Jonni O'Gorman jonni.ogor...@gmail.com wrote: mate gives the same result - don’t have a lot of time to fiddle around with it - but IO will try again at some stage

Re: debian base system on mac G5 - what next?

the cdrom line in /etc/apt/sources.list and then run # apt-get update to let the package system scan it. On 19/06/15 03:58 PM, Jonni O'Gorman wrote: HI, using debian-8.1.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso I managed to get debian 8.1 installed on macG5 today after 3 attempts - 1) I ran into a problem

startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

Hi, I installed base system with System Utilities on mac G5 then followed this tutorial to get a simple gui setup http://ppcluddite.blogspot.ie/2012/03/installing-debian-linux-on-ppc-part-iii.html I also ran the command systemctl set-default multi-user:target to force login to command line and

debian base system on mac G5 - what next?

HI, using debian-8.1.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso I managed to get debian 8.1 installed on macG5 today after 3 attempts - 1) I ran into a problem the first time round when trying to install more software - I chose all 3 options provided by the installer ie.Debian Destop environment, xfce and system

mac G5 running YDL 6.2

Hi, I managed to install YellowDogLinux 6.2 on a MAC G5. There are no other operating systems on the machine. I would like to put Debian on there instead. Are there any good guides as to how to do this... most guides I have seen only deal with installing linux on a MAC with a Apple Operating