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.

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