is there any need to worry about non-free firmware, ie
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/8.11.0+nonfree/powerpc/iso-cd/
(only the net install image is available).
possibility of I might install on a 2002 g4 tower
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:47 PM Ric
Hello Frank,
thank you very much for the detailed answer :-)
> Am 26.02.2019 um 20:20 schrieb Frank Scheiner :
>
> Hi Karl,
>
>> On 2/26/19 17:34, Carlos wrote:
>> Hello Adrian,
>>
>> when you are talking about GRUB, are you talking about GRUB2?
>> Are you aware of this page?
>> http://cynic.c
Hi Karl,
On 2/26/19 17:34, Carlos wrote:
Hello Adrian,
when you are talking about GRUB, are you talking about GRUB2?
Are you aware of this page?
http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/
I just found this page. Don’t know if this helps your development.
Let me answer for Adri
Hello Adrian,
when you are talking about GRUB, are you talking about GRUB2?
Are you aware of this page?
http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/
I just found this page. Don’t know if this helps your development.
Best regards
Karl
Adrian,
On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 10:53 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
wrote:
>
> On 2/17/19 10:45 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > However having said that I have had great results from installing Debian
> > testing/buster into a PowerMac G5 with no major issues. Sure the boot
> > loader is a tad crust
On 2/17/19 10:45 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> However having said that I have had great results from installing Debian
> testing/buster into a PowerMac G5 with no major issues. Sure the boot
> loader is a tad crusty but the machine works well enough.
Frank Scheiner has already written patches to ad
On 2/17/19 9:11 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 2/17/19 2:46 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Does that mean that yaboot will not be available as a bootloader in
>> some future powerpc Debian? And not being maintained anymore from then
>> on?
>
> Yaboot is already unmaintained, the upstre
On 2/17/19 2:46 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> Does that mean that yaboot will not be available as a bootloader in
> some future powerpc Debian? And not being maintained anymore from then
> on?
Yaboot is already unmaintained, the upstream git repository hasn't seen
a commit since 2011. There are m
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 01:46:52PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
Hi David,
Try installing with the “oldstable”/“Jessie” CD.
http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/8.11.0/powerpc/iso-cd/
Grub for Powerpc is still a work in progress. It may not work on your old G3
machine. Jessie use
Thank you for these answers.
I'm not in a hurry. I will keep this iMac G3 and I will test again when
a new version will be proposed. I will post here if there's an error again.
--
David VANTYGHEM
Mél. : david.vantyg...@free.fr
Installer facilement GNU/Linux : http://numopen.fr
.--.
|o_o
On 2/12/19 3:12 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>
>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 10:46 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>
>> Grub for Powerpc is still a work in progress. It may not work on your old
>> G3 machine. Jessie uses the older “yaboot” bootloader, which may be more
>> stable for your situation.
>
> On Feb 12, 2019, at 10:46 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> Grub for Powerpc is still a work in progress. It may not work on your old G3
> machine. Jessie uses the older “yaboot” bootloader, which may be more stable
> for your situation.
Anything that uses NewWorld ROMs should work fine with G
Hi David,
Try installing with the “oldstable”/“Jessie” CD.
http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/8.11.0/powerpc/iso-cd/
Grub for Powerpc is still a work in progress. It may not work on your old G3
machine. Jessie uses the older “yaboot” bootloader, which may be more stable
for
https://framapic.org/52MPBtyV0Qrw/Z9Zi8opwh3F1.png (boot with QEMU)
https://framapic.org/M13u5e3O8x6G/87lLHdIa23gv.jpg (boot on the iMac G3)
--
David VANTYGHEM
Mél. : david.vantyg...@free.fr
Installer facilement GNU/Linux : http://numopen.fr
.--.
|o_o |
||_/ |
//\\Envoyé a
Hello,
I'm a beginner on Macintosh.
I'm trying to install Debian (+ LXDE) on my iMac G3.
I'm using a CD-ROM with
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-01-27/debian-10.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
on it.
I've got 2 errors :
1) An error during the softwares installation :
https://framapic.org
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:30:17PM -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, I downloaded
> http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/netboot64/
> and put it in an tftp server and set up dhcp.
>
> After a while I figured out that I needed to do: boot
> enet:a.b.c.d,yaboot
Hi,
Well, I downloaded
http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/netboot64/
and put it in an tftp server and set up dhcp.
After a while I figured out that I needed to do: boot
enet:a.b.c.d,yaboot (and not simply boot enet:0 that does not work).
Yaboot started alright, but
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 04:09:55PM -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> >Can you try booting the daily builds ? These are at :
> >
> > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/netboot64/
> >
> >or :
> >
> > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/cdrom64/
> >
>
Can you try booting the daily builds ? These are at :
http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/netboot64/
or :
http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/cdrom64/
Get the initrd.gz and vmlinux on a cd or tftp boot server, write the adequate
yaboot.conf,
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:54:29PM -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm migrating Debian on an iMac G4 to a new G5 (Apple PowerMac8,2 5.2.5f1
> BootRom).
>
> I downloaded debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso (not too much bandwith
> to use) today from
>
Hi!
I'm migrating Debian on an iMac G4 to a new G5 (Apple PowerMac8,2 5.2.5f1
BootRom).
I downloaded debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso (not too much bandwith to
use) today from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/current/.
When I run install-power4 I ge
> > boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
> well that works -> the installer gets loaded, thought it still doesn't
> recognize
> my hard disc :/
You can probably switch to a console shell and read the "blabla" again
with dmesg. I don't know which kernel version exactly is used on those
CDs, and how
> > > > Would you try the below step? If it works for you, then we can make it
> > > > a general purpose solution for the CDs. Edit the ofboot.b file you put
> > > > on your disk partition with a text editor. Where it says
> > > >
> > > > MacRISC
> > > >
> > > > make it read
> > > >
> > > > MacRISC
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 02:40:43PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Am Son, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Bob Hentges um 11:57:
> > On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > >>> Try copying the ofboot.b file from the CD's install/powermac folder
> > >>> onto your hard drive partition. Then in
Am Son, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Bob Hentges um 11:57:
> On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> >> On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
> Howdy all,
> I took the decision little more than a
On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote:
On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
Howdy all,
I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on
my
iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at
> On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
> >>Howdy all,
> >>I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on
> >>my
> >>iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the
> >>debian i
On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
Howdy all,
I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on
my
iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the
debian installer works on x86
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
> Howdy all,
> I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my
> iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the
> debian installer works on x86 architectures ( as I have done already
> so
Howdy all,
I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my
iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the
debian installer works on x86 architectures ( as I have done already
some installations using the woody installer ), I tried to do so.
Unfort
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeffrey Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Flat Panel - I can't remember, but I think I read about a similar hole
> somewhere (presumably near the CD tray).
No; the flat panel iMac is the first not to have a paper clip hole.
--
Shields.
>Debian in iMac from a set of 7 CDs
>
> I'm in much the same boat, nominal linux experience, trying to install
> debian on an iMac (slot-loading). I've managed to get everything
> running from the CD's (with the exception of PPPoE, which I had to get
> the so
ng to install
debian on an iMac (slot-loading). I've managed to get everything
running from the CD's (with the exception of PPPoE, which I had to get
the source for and compile myself), and most of the rest was upgraded
using apt-get.
The only thing I haven't gotten running is Direct
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 12:08:15PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Branden Robinson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently
> > > integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules
Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently
> > integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules are in the
> > xserver-xfree86 package - they are useless without libGL t
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently
> integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules are in the
> xserver-xfree86 package - they are useless without libGL though, so wouldn't
> they rather be
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > I'm sorry, I need some more specific instructions than this.
> >
> > * XFree86 periodically takes snapshots of the Mesa CVS tree for inclusion
> > in the XFree86 sources (xc/extras/Mesa)
> > * I periodically generate packages fro
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > Hum, another question. I've already got the 4.0.1 PPC debs. Can I
> still use
> > my iBook with that ?
>
> I don't understand your question, especially the 'still'?
I mean, I know that DRI-PPC does work with the Rage 128 Mobility
Hadess wrote:
> Hum, another question. I've already got the 4.0.1 PPC debs. Can I still use
> my iBook with that ?
I don't understand your question, especially the 'still'?
It may not work, but you can try without Option "UseFBDev".
Michel
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS studen
Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Hadess wrote:
> >
> > > > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ?
> > > >
> > > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's
> > > > rsync tree.
> > >
> > > Good enough f
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ?
> > >
> > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's
> > > rsync tree.
> >
> > Good enough for DRI ?
>
> No. To be exact, the 2D drive
Hadess wrote:
> > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ?
> >
> > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's
> > rsync tree.
>
> Good enough for DRI ?
No. To be exact, the 2D driver should be good, but you need the libGL stuff
from DRI. I guess I'll put all that
Hi,
I'm really annoying, sorry...
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > What do the Debian XFree packages include ?
>
> XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's
> rsync
> tree.
Good enough for DRI ?
> > If I understand well, I could get:
> > X Strike-
> > I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which should be in the
> > install section) to cover the 'reorder to place bootstrap partition before
>
> ah cool, i did notice that the broken man page link seems to have been
> fixed since last time i looked. i still think my doc would be usef
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 12:51:28PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to the Debian/PPC
> > > install
> > > doc. Invaluable.
> >
> > Good idea - want to add that to CVS, Ethan?
>
> I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which shoul
> > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to the Debian/PPC
> > install
> > doc. Invaluable.
>
> Good idea - want to add that to CVS, Ethan?
I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which should be in the
install section) to cover the 'reorder to place bootstrap partition
Hadess wrote:
>
> Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Hadess wrote:
> >
> > > I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver
> > > recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ?
> >
> > The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because
> > it can't cope
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hrm, that should be doable from the dbootstrap menu, we already have
> floppy eject. Anyone see a reason not to add cdroms to the list of
> ejectable devices?
No. Go ahead, I think...
> > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to t
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver
> > recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ?
>
> The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because
> it
> can't cope with the flat panel :(
>
> In
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:48:04PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
> Works nifty indeed. I've used this trick to install Debian on my iMac/DV this
> week-end. I had a bit more problems with the iBook SE (the new one with DVD),
> the kernel doesn't recognize the Rage 128 Mobility so the display *seems* to
>
Hadess wrote:
> I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver
> recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ?
The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because it
can't cope with the flat panel :(
In the DRI PPC branch I have added an option "DisableFP" to surpass
Hi,
Quoting Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> put all this at the root of your macos partition and create a
> yaboot.conf like this:
>
> device=hd:
>
> image=linux
> label=debian
> initrd=root.bin
> initrd-size=8192
>
> then boot into OpenFirmware (command option o f) an
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:11:58AM +0100, John Winters wrote:
>
> This seems to address my problem exactly. I've got an iMac DV and it
> won't boot the Debian CD. Can you point me in the direction of
> instructions for what these two files are and how to use them please?
> I'm completely new to
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
[snip]
> is your machine a `newworld' type, (colored case for desktops, made
> 1999 or later for powerbooks)
>
> if so debian can do this quite easily, you only need to download a
> couple small files and enter OpenFirmware to boot them. the rest of
> the s
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