Hi richard,
> Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Oktober 2017 um 09:55 Uhr
> Von: "Rick Thomas"
> An: "Richard Kuenz"
> Cc: "PowerPC List Debian"
> Betreff: Re: PowerPC sid installation
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> On Oct 12, 2017, at 4:17 AM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
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On Oct 12, 2017, at 4:17 AM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
> On the Powermac G5 Wheezy runs exceptionally well, quick , stable , only the
> fans are really loud - and i have not found way yet to circumvent this.
Try this, as root:
echo ‘i2c-powermac' > /etc/modules-load.d/local.conf
Then reboot
Rick
Hello Rick,
yes ,
thank you ,
i have also powerbook g4 1,67 (limited to 1 GB due to some strange Bug)
and Powermac G5 (currently with 6 GB Ram, DualProcessor - Quadcore)
On the Powermac G5 Wheezy runs exceptionally well, quick , stable , only
the fans are really loud - and i have not found
A helpful website for finding out specs for old Macs is http://www.everymac.com
— They have, among other things, specs for maximum possible RAM upgrades for
every model of Mac that Apple ever sold — and suggestions for where to buy the
upgrades you need.
Rick
Hi Richard.
You definitely need to install more RAM if you plan to use the machine for web
browsing and other GUI-based tasks. 2GB would be just about minimum for a
modern OS like Wheezy or Jessie. Even with that, I’d make sure to specify a
lightweight desktop, like Mate or Xfce.
Given that
But this "Yaboot Magic" with additional partition ext2 /boot (bootable
Flat) was also needed when installing
Squeeze or Wheezy , at least so it seemed here.
Automatic Partitioning would install,
but yaboot would complain I/O Error at booting sequence.
Am 12.10.17 um 10:38 schrieb Richard Kuen
Ah sorry, i actually installed Wheezy,
and it still was too slow for my needs -
i might upgrade RAM to 2 GB and see if this helps.
Would like to use Squeeze - but Debian got rid "cleared" of Iceape and
therefore at the moment Wheezy / Jessie seems better for browsing
especially if one likes to
> On Oct 12, 2017, at 1:06 AM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
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> Thank you ver much Rick,
>
> this helped me alot installing SID onto Powermac G4.
You’re welcome. Glad I could help!
Rick
Cc: Frank Scheiner , PowerPC List Debian
Betreff: Re: PowerPC sid installation
On Oct 7, 2017, at 2:03 AM, richard.kuenz wrote:
I am getting this error now with squeeze after yesterday installation succeeded
after some hiccups
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When you installed
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> Von: Rick Thomas
> Datum: 07.10.2017 11:38 (GMT+01:00)
> An: "richard.kuenz"
> Cc: Frank Scheiner , PowerPC List Debian
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> Betreff: Re: PowerPC sid installation
Datum: 07.10.2017 11:38 (GMT+01:00)
An: "richard.kuenz"
Cc: Frank Scheiner , PowerPC List Debian
Betreff: Re: PowerPC sid installation
On Oct 7, 2017, at 2:03 AM, richard.kuenz wrote:
> I am getting this error now with squeeze after yesterday installation
> succeeded af
On 10/07/2017 10:17 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 10/07/2017 09:23 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
It's most likely `http://achive.debian.org` unless the Internet Archive
has also set up a Debian mirror. Or did you just make a typo in your answer?
You mean aRchive.debian.org.
Ah, geez, y
On Oct 7, 2017, at 2:03 AM, richard.kuenz wrote:
> I am getting this error now with squeeze after yesterday installation
> succeeded after some hiccups
. . .
> <20171007_110203_resized.jpg>
When you installed, did you create an ext2 partition for /boot? If I’m
understanding the error me
On 10/07/2017 09:23 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> It's most likely `http://achive.debian.org` unless the Internet Archive
> has also set up a Debian mirror. Or did you just make a typo in your answer?
You mean aRchive.debian.org.
Adrian
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: :' : Debian Develope
On 10/06/2017 09:10 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
Also, when installing Squeeze,
it seems that the Package Archive is not accessible.
Following this page here
https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive
it should be able during installation to add manually a Server for
downloading the packages;
But
On Oct 6, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
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> 1) You have a G4 powerbook currently running MacOS-X Tiger.
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> 2) You want it to dual boot Lion and Debian.
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> 3) You don’t care too much which version of Debian, as long as it works and
> you can also boot to Tiger when you want to.
>
On Oct 6, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
> Also, when installing Squeeze,
> it seems that the Package Archive is not accessible.
>
> Following this page here
>
> https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive
>
>
> it should be able during installation to add manually a Server for
> downlo
On Oct 6, 2017, at 12:02 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
> Dear Rick,
>
> thank you , but i cannot help myself thinking that booting from CD or NETINST
> is more diffiult than from DVD;
> i had multiple times installed on G5 mac or g4 powerbook from a DVD alongside
> a Mac OS installation with no pr
Also, when installing Squeeze,
it seems that the Package Archive is not accessible.
Following this page here
https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive
it should be able during installation to add manually a Server for
downloading the packages;
But when i enter manually
Http://debian.archive
Dear Rick,
thank you , but i cannot help myself thinking that booting from CD or
NETINST is more diffiult than from DVD;
i had multiple times installed on G5 mac or g4 powerbook from a DVD
alongside a Mac OS installation with no problem;
this powermac g4 has only CD Drive, and booting from ex
Hi Richard,
Don’t be confused by the name NETINST. It means that, in order to keep the
.iso image as small as possible, the installer is prepared to get most of its
Debian packages from the repository mirrors on the network.
You still do it the normal way — burn the .iso image to a CD and boot
Weitergeleitete Nachricht
Betreff: Re: PowerPC sid installation - was: Re: New discussion: ppc64
installer -- ext2 /boot partition to keep sabot happy
Datum: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 17:56:07 +0200
Von: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
An: Richard Kuenz
Please re-send your email with
On 10/06/2017 12:44 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
i downloaded the NETINST,
but how can i boot?
The same way how you boot any other Debian installation image for PPC.
supose that with NETINST the procedure is different?
No. Just turn on the machine and press and hold "Alt", then click to
select
Hi Richard,
On 10/06/2017 12:44 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
Thank you very much for supporting ,
i downloaded the NETINST,
but how can i boot?
i am used to go into OPEN FIRMWARE
at start by pressing ALT+CMD+O+F
there i type
boot cd:,\install\yaboot
supose that with NETINST the procedure is
Thank you very much for supporting ,
i downloaded the NETINST,
but how can i boot?
i am used to go into OPEN FIRMWARE
at start by pressing ALT+CMD+O+F
there i type
boot cd:,\install\yaboot
supose that with NETINST the procedure is different?
Am 06.10.2017 um 11:54 schrieb John Paul Adri
Hi Richard!
Please don't hijack discussions but open a new thread for that. Otherwise
the discussion becomes hard to follow in the mailing list archives.
if i install Wheezy on Powermac G4,
can i then update to Stretch?
You can update it to Sid. There is no Stretch for PowerPC.
To upgrade, j
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