Hello, Just an update, I saw your (Adrian’s) recommendation to use the 18/06/2023 image, and my system (the 970MP 2.5 GHz quad-core) boots to the installer without the Open Firmware error. Here is a link to the image I used: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
Install went mostly uneventful (except for no mirror). However, GRUB installation failed. I opened the installer console (Alt+F4), which showed grub-install ran successfully, but then “chroot: can’t execute ‘hmount’ : No such file or directory”. I tried again, but this time I interrupted the installer at the “Select and Install Software” step to go to console, chroot /target, and manually installed hfsutils. Then I went back to the installer and continued on. This time GRUB installed successfully and the install completed, and the system booted. Thank you! On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Hello Casey, > > On Jan 12, 2025, at 1:26 AM, Casey C <fienix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When selecting default install from the grub menu, I get a loading > message, then an Open Firmware error saying to “release keys to continue!” > However, no keys are being pressed, and the system is unresponsive to > typing anything on the keyboard. I’ve tried multiple keyboards including a > wired Apple keyboard. Has anyone experienced this or does anyone have any > idea what may be the cause? > > Image of Open Firmware error: > https://ibb.co/kDZS5RG > > > It’s not possible to help you without the information which ISO image > (specify full download URL) you used on what machine. > > Adrian >
