On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:58 AM Ed Robbins <edd.robb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > 0 > boot cd:,\install\vmlinux > > > MAC-PARTS: can't find a default partition > > > can't OPEN: cd:,\install\vmlinux > > > > > > 0 > boot cd:,\install\initrd.gz > > > MAC-PARTS: can't find a default partition > > > can't OPEN: cd:,\install\initrd.gz > > > > Neither of these can be booted. \boot\grub\powerpc.elf is the one > > that should work. > > > > > Perhaps I'm not booting the right file? > > > > I have more the impression that your machine is unable to read the HFS+ > > filesystem. > > > > FWIW, I have been booting the new images from USB, and there the command is > boot ud:,\\grub.elf > > This is despite the fact that the ISO looks like it should want to > boot boot/grub/powerpc.elf > > Remember also that you can list files in OF with > dir ud:,\\ > Or > dir cd:,\\ > etc
Would be nice to make some notes somewhere: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenBoot https://wiki.debian.org/OpenFirmware https://wiki.debian.org/BootLoader for other people trying to boot debian on powerpc. Thanks.