On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06:09AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hi Michael, > > First: try sending this to the "debian-powerpc" list. You may get > more answers there... > > Second: I have a couple of G4 tower machines that work just fine, > but unfortunately I don't have any powerbooks to try, so I can't be > of direct help to you. However, the answers to a few questions may > make it easier to diagnose your problem. > > 1) What netinst image did you download? Can you supply the URL and > time/date of the .iso? One way to get this: Mount the CD (on /mnt, > for example) and look in the file /mnt/.disk/info. It will give > your enough to uniquely identify the version, time and date of > creation of the .iso . > > 2) I doubt what you're seeing is just dmesg output. Certainly, on > my tower machines, it's the real console output -- at least up to > the stage you are talking about as it hangs. > > 3) To switch virtual consoles, try various combinations of <fn> > <alt> and the F# keys for #=[1..4] . If that doesn't work, add the > <ctl>, <shift> and <cmd/apple> keys into the mix in that order. > > 4) Try an external USB keyboard. > > Hope this helps!
Might be worth trying 'video=ofonly' as a yaboot kernel option to see if that avoids video issues. I have had to do that on some powerpc systems. Maybe it needs non-free firmware to properly use the video chip, which could then be handled after the install. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120815145654.gc1...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
