how to report on G5

[Brian <brian_252@yahoo.com>]

Hello all,

I've been trying to install Debian onto my G5.  I'd like to
report my attempts.  How should i go about doing that.

In general i tried daily/powerpc/20040627/
sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso.  install-power4 leads to a
problem with the floppy.  Using expert-power4 i can 
circumvent it.  However the fans still rev up.

I tried to modprobe therm_pm72.  But even after mounting 
the cd i couldn't find the module.

Reading the kernel Changelogs i see that BenH applied a 
fix to the 2.6 kernel.  So i tried expert-power4-2.6.  This
leads to a hang at:
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 8 ports, IRQ 
sharing disabled.

For some reason i thought this was due to my machine being 
a dual processor.

I tried testing/sid_d-i/powerpc/20040627/
sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso

install-power4-2.6 leads to a hang when it asks for which
language i want to use.  I think i've read this before as a
keyboard problem.

install-power4 leads to the floppy problem.

I just want to add that if someone can help be tackle this
fan problem, i'd be glad to perform additional testing.

:) Brian

http://www.derocher.org