> I'm also stumped trying to do a Debian install on a PowerPC with the .iso > file downloaded via ftp. The disk image simply looked wrong - some bad file > extensions and 0 K files. I DID manage get it to work up to a point using a > minimum install file in a mac compressed .sit format from a Linux on iMac > site. Since it is a Mac format file it decompresses perfectly. My buest > guess is that your (and my) ftp downloader software is doing something odd > to the file.
But it also happens when I used a CD that I KNOW works. I used it to install a previous debian PPC install and it worked perfectly... > What are you using to ftp? (it needs to be in binary mode for example) Another debian box using ftp shell command...