Re: Installer doesn't find the mirrors

2023-04-30 Thread Alex Perez
This does not appear to have happened (new images) Is it something you can automate, or quasi-automate? On 4/9/2023 11:16:01 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Apr 10, 2023, at 4:54 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 6:38 PM Ken Cunningham > wrote: >> >> Your issue is

Installation report - Successful install via netinst images on Beige G3

2021-10-08 Thread Alex Perez
I was successfully able to install Debian 11 to a 266MHz Beige G3 (Old World) using the 2020-10-06 NETINST image[1] Because this is an Old World machine, I copied the initrd and kernel from the CD to my System boot volume, and loaded them using BootX 1.2.2. Note that the initrd in the ISO below

Re: Poll: Is anyone using nouveau driver on ppc64 system?

2021-10-08 Thread Alex Perez
Adrian, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote on 10/8/2021 2:24 AM: Hi Thomas! On 10/7/21 23:41, Tom Grzybowski wrote: I have a related question: instead of us breaking what is working by updating the kernel regularly, why don't we find a good working kernel version and move on only when we can mat

Re: X stopped working with 5.14 on iBook

2021-10-06 Thread Alex Perez
Stan, FYI, There are nine powerpc-specific changes in 5.13. It may make sense to start rolling back those commits first: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.13#POWERPC On 10/6/2021 10:00:16 AM, Stan Johnson wrote: On 10/6/21 4:25 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 10/6/21 01:40, Riccardo

Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23

2021-10-05 Thread Alex Perez
d news is that it boots all the way to the installer. > The less good news is that it stops pretty quickly as none of the > required drivers are actually in the install media. > > To be able to install Debian, you would at least need: > CONFIG_SATA_SVW (sata) > CONFIG_TIGON3 (Ether

Re: OT: Huge Right to Repair Win for Consumers

2021-06-10 Thread Alex Perez
Milan Kupcevic wrote on 6/10/21 6:10 AM: > On 6/10/21 12:53 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote: The report and its recommendations may provide a means to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware. >>> >>> It seems unlikel

Re: Radeon HD 5770

2021-01-26 Thread Alex Perez
Johannes, Johannes Brakensiek wrote on 1/26/2021 10:47 AM: Hi, On 26 Jan 2021, at 15:24, luigi burdo wrote: i had been test linux with G5 Quad . Quadro 7800Gtx in 16x slot, radeonhd on 8x slot. Result, it work with mesa 3D enabled on 4650, 5450, 6570, and R5 220. only 2D working with SI card

Re: More debug infos - was: Re: iMac G5 "windfarm"

2021-01-09 Thread Alex Perez
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote on 1/4/2021 1:56 AM: My guess is that this issue can be worked around by zeroing the partition table of the system before installing Debian. Can someone give it a try? I did so, zeroing out my drive first, with the latest 2020-01-03 netinst image, and it seems

Re: Steps to boot a fresh PowerPC32 install of Debian from GRUB on installer CD

2021-01-03 Thread Alex Perez
On 1/3/2021 4:54:18 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello Alex! On 1/4/21 1:36 AM, Alex Perez wrote: > If you've successfully gotten 32-bit PowerPC Debian installed using one of > the recent Debian Ports > snapshot CDs (I used > https://ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/ports/sna

Steps to boot a fresh PowerPC32 install of Debian from GRUB on installer CD

2021-01-03 Thread Alex Perez
If you've successfully gotten 32-bit PowerPC Debian installed using one of the recent Debian Ports snapshot CDs (I used https://ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-11-09/debian-10.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso) but have no installed bootloader (grub install fails), here's what you can do to

Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02

2020-12-28 Thread Alex Perez
Adrian, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote on 12/28/20 11:58 AM: >> Yet at the end, no apparent important errors, not even noticeable at any step >> in console, the request of reboot yields a flashing OS folder. > You should try to install one of the Yaboot images to make sure there is no > problem

Successfully installed Debian 10 on Lombard G3 PowerMac

2020-12-28 Thread Alex Perez
Hi folks, I just wanted to share that I was able to succesfully boot and install Debian 10 using the "official" Debian 10 netinst CD from [1], with the exception of the bootloader, which failed, and I had to handle manually. I also tried booting from the latest snapshot CD image [2], which complet