Re: Debian on a Dual G5?

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 07:34:54PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>     "Charles" == Charles Read <debianlist@charlesread.com> writes:
> 
>     Charles> Hey crew!  Thinking about installing Sarge on a Dual 2Ghz
>     Charles> PowerMac G5, is that possible via the ppc release?
> 
> If you have an older machine (a PowerMac7,2 with the 970 G5 processor)
> it should work with no problems or so I'm told. If you look at the
> "About This Mac" information in OS X and your CPU version is 2.2. this
> is what you have (I think, I don't own this type of machine).
> 
> If you have a newer machine (a PowerMac7,3 with the 970FX G5
> processor) it should work with tomorrow's (or perhaps Jan 15) debian
> installer daily build. Support was added in December
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/12/msg00806.html
> 
> This kind of machine reports its CPU Type in "About This Mac" as a
> PowerPC G5 (3.0).

Indeed, but the modules .udebs corresponding to said kernel are not yet in sarge,
which could cause some problems.

> If you just can't wait you can use a recent daily build (Jan 2005) if
> you are prepared to hack things a tiny bit as suggested here:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/01/msg00159.html

Daily builds should use it since over a week now, i think.

Friendly,

Sven Luther