Re: debian 5 ppc boot

[Marco van der Grient <marcovandergrient@alice.nl>]

No its a power mac g5... Ubuntu installs fine and boots up the baby  
nicely. But I wanna use Debian :-)
Thanks for your thoughts.
M
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Sujit K M wrote:

> This was a problem that I faced while installing MAC OS X on x86. But
> the problem there
> was the chipset was not supported. By G5 Do you mean Power Mac G5 or
> Mac Pro. If it
> is an Mac Pro the solution would be check the HAL for the hardisk.
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Marco van der Grient
> <marcovandergrient@alice.nl> wrote:
> > > > le 14/02/2010 17:58, marco van der grient a écrit:
> > > >
> > > > > Samy, hi, its a dual boot with mac osx (10.5); separated HD (one  
> > > > > for
> > > > > linux and one for apple). The machine is a 1,6 mhz single  
> > > > > processor
> > > > > type.
> > > > > The machine is a 1,6 mhz single processor
> > > >
> > > > Yeaaah ! overclocked ? ;-)
> > > > G3, G4, G5 ?
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried to boot with <alt> ? We can't imagine your actions.
> > > >
> > > > Samy
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Marco,
> > >
> > > Sammy's humor aside, it would be helpful if you could describe the  
> > > machine
> > > a bit more.  I don't happen to remember what type of machine is a  
> > > "1,6"
> > >  (G4? G5? deskside or laptop? maybe one of the "mini" models or an  
> > > iMac?)
> > > and you didn't tell us the number of MHz (a typo, I assume) though  
> > > that is
> > > less important than the processor type in diagnosing your problem.
> > >
> > > In any case, try booting the machine with the Alt key held down.   
> > > You will
> > > probably get a screen with several options of bootable  
> > > partitions.  Is your
> > > Debian installation listed there?  If so, click on it then click  
> > > on the ->
> > > arrow.  It should boot.  The "alt-boot" process takes some  
> > > considerable time
> > > (a minute or two) to poll all the possible boot devices -- be  
> > > patient!
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope this helps!
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > PS: Please reply to the list.  We're all interested in how you  
> > > make out!
> >
> > Rick, Samy,
> > OK. Thanks for the help on this.
> > My specs are:
> > Apple alu tower, G5, single processor 1.6 Ghz with 2 gig memory.
> > I am using two Hard Disks, one for linux and one for OS X. OS X is  
> > the
> > seccond drive...
> >
> > Now the problem: if I install Debian (I used 5.0.4 and 4.0.r8),  
> > everything
> > goes fine. Only when I reboot, with <alt>, I have to choose the HD  
> > to boot
> > from: and nothing happens: no boot from OSX or Debian.
> >  When I choose from the yaboot prompt, debian hangs at the seccond  
> > stage of
> > loading the system... and then returns to the yaboot prompt...
> >
> > In order to boot OSX, I have to disconnect the Debian HD. If I do  
> > the same
> > with debian (disconnecting OS X HD), theres no boot from Debian...
> > Thats my situation.
> > Cheers, Marco
> >
> >
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