Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-09 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:28:57PM -0800, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >> It was the RAM! Replaced it and it installed without a hitch. However, >> Wireless isn't working. Anyone know a fix? > > Did you enable non-free and install the firmware-linux-nonfree package? > >

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-08 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
e, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:31:15PM -0800, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >>> Here's a photo of the pertinent section: http://i.imgur.com/hHZyDfg.jpg >> >> Various components and scripts load by the installer are crashing. This is >> most likely due to a broken toolchain duri

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-08 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2017, at 6:33 AM, Lennart Sorensen > wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 01:17:11PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:31:15PM -0800, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >>> Here's a photo of the

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
gt; > From there, navigate to /var/log and locate the syslog file. You should be > able to upload that file using the scp command. > > Adrian > >> On Mar 7, 2017, at 8:35 PM, Nicholas Dal Porto >> wrote: >> >> How might I retrieve that? >> >&

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
> This will include the actual error messages. > > Adrian > >> On Mar 7, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >> >> Alright, now I'm getting a "target installation failed" on the "Install base >> system" phase. I think it's an

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
laubitz > wrote: > >> On 03/07/2017 04:54 PM, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >> 1) did you have the original Apple hard drive and if so, how did you format >> it? > > I actually installed it onto an external Firewire drive. I also don't think at > all that this

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
It's a 12" aluminum PowerBook G4 > On Mar 7, 2017, at 7:30 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > >> On 03/07/2017 04:27 PM, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >> I've tried almost every PPC Jessie ISOs I could find. I can try Wheezy. > > Wait, why was L

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
May I ask two things: 1) did you have the original Apple hard drive and if so, how did you format it? 2) what operating system did you burn the ISO with and how Thanks! > On Mar 7, 2017, at 7:43 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > >> On 03/07/2017 04:39 PM, Nicholas

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
I've tried almost every PPC Jessie ISOs I could find. I can try Wheezy. > On Mar 7, 2017, at 12:23 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > >> On 03/07/2017 08:50 AM, Nicholas Dal Porto wrote: >> I've tried at least 25 different ISO files. > > Which one

Re: Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
/mar/2017 09:15 AM, "Nicholas Dal Porto" ha > scritto: >> Hi guys, >> >> I've spent the last few days attempting to install Debian on some old >> Powerbooks I have laying around. They're all invariably failing, and I have >> no clue why. S

Problems installing Debian on Powerbooks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas Dal Porto
Hi guys, I've spent the last few days attempting to install Debian on some old Powerbooks I have laying around. They're all invariably failing, and I have no clue why. Some hang on loading the partition formatter, others cannot get past "Install the base system" (debootstrap return value 1). I'