Hello, On Tue, 2024-02-13 at 08:20 +0100, tuxayo wrote: > I installed the last offcial Debian 8 iso. Picking "install" and not > "install32" IIUC I have a ppc64 install.
No, you still have a 32-bit PowerPC, i.e. powerpc installation. It's just that your kernel is 64 bits instead of 32 bits. > ppc64 seems the most relevant choice for a G5 to gain some performance > and to have any chance of having a full browser running on that > hardware. From the emails in the past months, I see it will likely crash > but there is hope that it might work at some point. > Still better than Firefox 52 on the powerpc port. (segfaults every 2 min > on Debian 8) > > How to upgrade from Debian 8? > Should I just change my source list to adapt the right part to point there?: > http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-ppc64 > there is also > http://ftp.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-ppc64/main/f/firefox/ > any preference? > > And then just > apt update && apt full-upgrade && apt autoremove I'm afraid that's not trivially possible although not impossible. However, crossgrading a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system requires a lot of knowledge as there are a lot of pitfalls and I would advise against it. > I'll also try to install debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > But the past I tried debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso (because I > though ppc64 was ppc64el) > And it failed to boot: > Invalid memory access at > #SRR0: 00000000.020837dc #SRR1: 10000000.00083030 Please try this image: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-01-31/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
