Hi Manuel On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 23:50, Manuel Molina Cuberos <m...@pocosmhz.org> wrote: > > Hi all! > > I have several PowerPC based computers. One of them is an iMac G3/500 DV SE > (powermac2,2) with 1 GB RAM and 30 GB hard drive. > > I've had it with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but it's out of support already. It worked > fine from boot perspective, and it was using yaboot. > > I wanted to install Debian 12, now that I know that the architecture is being > maintained. > I downloaded and installed it from this image: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-02-25/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso > .
Grub right now only works on certain specially prepared CD images. You need to use this one, it should solve your issue https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso Best, Ed > > The disk layout for this installation was: > > Device / Size / Type / Mount point / Bootable > ------------------------------------------------------- > /dev/sda13 128MB HFS /boot/grub yes > /dev/sda14 11GB ext4 / no > /dev/sda15 512MB swap no > > However, when it comes the time to install grub, the system hangs at 16% > progress of that stage. > I opened a console and checked. The process hung was grub-ieee1275 > > The system log (Alt+F4) showed a dump of a killed process. > > I was able to kill that and finish the installation (users etcetera). > I booted in rescue mode. Then mounted and verified that /boot/grub was r/w. > Then tried to complete the installation, to no avail. The error message this > time: > > Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform . Errors were encountered while > processing grub-ieee1275 > > Any hint of what I'm missing or doing wrong? > Any hint will be very much appreciated. > > -- > Regards, > > Manuel Molina Cuberos
