Re: Workaround for installing Debian onto PowerMacs (2020-02-02 image)

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

> On Feb 10, 2021, at 4:18 AM, Rick Thomas <rick.thomas@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Two things you need to know:
> 
> 1) The grub menu, that you see when the installer CD first boots up, offers "expert" mode.  If you're not familiar with it, this makes the install process more granular, so you have more control over the details and timing.  In order to apply Adrian's workaround, you need to use expert mode.  It's not completely obvious, but you should be able to figure it out -- usually the default answer is the best, but keep your eyes open and try to understand each step.

No, you don’t need expert mode to access a shell. You can access a shell any time during installation by typing ALT + Cursor Keys.

> 2) Just before the reboot (at the stage you are arguing should be more explicit about rebooting) *before* you answer "continue" you need to hit <alt>-F2 to get yourself a shell running in the installer environment.  At that point, you can execute the steps of Adrian's workaround.  When you are finished with that, you can switch back to the installer menu by  hitting <alt>-F1 . Then answer "continue" and it will reboot -- hopefully into the system you just installed.

That works in normal mode, too.

Adrian