Hello! On 6/21/19 1:05 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > I got the PowerPC image from here: > > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-05-24/ > > is that the best one?
If you want something that is stable and working, use the Yaboot-only image in the "10.0" folder unless you have an IBM power machine where GRUB works without problems. > The CD is bootable and boots using Grub! yay! I could partition, install > up to the point where GRUB needs to be installed on the target system, but > that step fails. > In the log console I see a message that says > "Unable to locate package hfsprogs" > while grub-common is already the newest version > > Could that be the issue, a failed dependency on hfsprogs? No, the primary issue that we need to solve is to develop a workaround for Apple's broken implementation of Open Firmware which uses a non-standard OF path scheme which is not 100% compatible with what POWER and SPARC servers use. So, we need to patch grub-ofpathname to be able to return paths that PowerMacs understand while not breaking the tool for IBM POWER or SPARC. I understand that the installer situation for PowerMacs is a bit frustrating at the moment, but we can't blame anyone but Apple who implemented Open Firmware not 100% according to spec so that we have to use workarounds. > Is there any "working" iso right now, without resorting to yaboot? Unless you know how to fix GRUB manually, no. Use the Yaboot image. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
