Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

To: shyamal <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>
Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?
From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:00:19 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20041220130019.GK4390@pegasos>
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:30:33PM -0800, shyamal wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to install/run Debian on a PowerMac G5 (two 2.0 Ghz
> CPUs)?
> 
> I tried the d-i images but either (a) those images simply lack the
> smp kernels or (b) there is some trick to installing on these machines
> that I'm not aware of.

You use the up kernel, and then install the smp kernel by hand after the
reboot.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

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