Re: Debian ppc64 8.1.0 reformats USB Stick

2015-06-19 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* szukw...@arcor.de [2015-06-19 17:32 +]: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:17:14 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > >What tells (as root) > > > ># fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > root@g5:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > Disk /dev/sdb: 58,9 GiB, 63216549888 bytes, 123469824 sectors > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 51

Re: debian base system on mac G5 - what next?

2015-06-19 Thread http
Dear Jonni, It should be as straightforward as # apt-get install xfce4 apt (and its cousin, aptitude) handles all dependencies automatically. Ordinarily, the CD is excluded as a package source during the install - presumably, you want to use the CD to listen to CDs or watch DVDs or what have yo

debian base system on mac G5 - what next?

2015-06-19 Thread Jonni O'Gorman
HI, using debian-8.1.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso I managed to get debian 8.1 installed on macG5 today after 3 attempts - 1) I ran into a problem the first time round when trying to install more software - I chose all 3 options provided by the installer ie.Debian Destop environment, xfce and system ut

Re: mac G5 running YDL 6.2

2015-06-19 Thread Bill Chatfield
If you're going to replace YDL, the procedure is the same. Burn a Debian PPC ISO file to a CD and boot off the CD. Tell the installer to use the whole disk. Which video card do you have? I have a Radeon. The Radeon driver doesn't support acceleration so I can't run Gnome in Debian 8 because it re

Re: Debian ppc64 8.1.0 reformats USB Stick

2015-06-19 Thread szukw000
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:17:14 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: >What tells (as root) > ># fdisk -l /dev/sdb root@g5:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 58,9 GiB, 63216549888 bytes, 123469824 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O si

Re: Debian ppc64 8.1.0 reformats USB Stick

2015-06-19 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* szukw...@arcor.de [2015-06-19 16:01 +]: > I had installed ppc64 7.6.0. Now I have installed 8.1.0. > > Some images were stored on a USB stick. This USB stick > I had inserted when I installed 8.1.0. > > Unfortunately this stick now seems to be reformatted: the > type is no longer FAT32. I

Debian ppc64 8.1.0 reformats USB Stick

2015-06-19 Thread szukw000
I had installed ppc64 7.6.0. Now I have installed 8.1.0. Some images were stored on a USB stick. This USB stick I had inserted when I installed 8.1.0. Unfortunately this stick now seems to be reformatted: the type is no longer FAT32. I do not know which type it is: trying to mount with different

Re: mac G5 running YDL 6.2

2015-06-19 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Jonni O'Gorman wrote: > Hi, > I managed to install YellowDogLinux 6.2 on a MAC G5. There are no other > operating systems on the machine. I would like to put Debian on there > instead. Are there any good guides as to how to do this... > > most guides I have seen

mac G5 running YDL 6.2

2015-06-19 Thread Jonni O'Gorman
Hi, I managed to install YellowDogLinux 6.2 on a MAC G5. There are no other operating systems on the machine. I would like to put Debian on there instead. Are there any good guides as to how to do this... most guides I have seen only deal with installing linux on a MAC with a Apple Operating Syste