Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5
Hi Claudia,
On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 14:54 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> I have an iMac G5, PowerMac 12,1 PPC970FX, Platform: PowerMac 12,1 MacRISC4
> Power Macinstosh, Memory 1GB+384MB.
>
> I had installed Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS and it was running fine. Now I need newer
> libc and so on. So I wanted to install Debian 12 or even Debian 13 on this iMac.
This is a computer running in big-endian mode, so you need to install a big-endian
PowerPC distribution.
> Is that possible? I tried
> debian-12.4.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso
> but the iMac does not start from the DVD.
The ppc64el Debian port targets little-endian PowerPC, so it's not compatible with
your Mac.
> What can I do?
Please use this installation image:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-12-14/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
Adrian
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