On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 13:02 +0000, Leandro Doctors wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Hi, > > We've just tried to install Debian 6 "Squeeze" for PowerPC on a G5 and > got the same error as reported in #420027. > > (It boots fine from the CD.) > -Yaboot 1.3.13 shows the initial text screen (with black background) > asking to select the installation method. > -We select install mode (either "install" or "expert"). > (The kernel starts loading...) > -The system shows the next text screen (with white background), asking > to write "mac-install". From that point, the keyboard does not > respond anymore. Does this screen say 'Welcome to Open Firmware'? And does it prompt you to type 'mac-install' or 'mac-boot'? [...] > We have tried three keyboards: > -an standard USB Mac Keyboard (EN_US layout), > -a Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 USB keyboard for PC (FR_BE > layout), and > -a Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 USB Keyboard for PC (LATAM layout) > All of them work fine on a installed Debian system on amd64. (And they > also work fine before the second text screen appears). [...] I tried to reproduce this on a PowerBook G4 with an external USB keyboard. This keyboard worked at the boot prompts and in the installer. However, I was able to provoke similar symptoms by initially selecting 'install64' where I should have selected 'install'. Since the G5 is a 64-bit processor (unlike the G4), please try selecting 'install64' instead of 'install'. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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