Re: ppc64el netinst will not boot
On Jun 6, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 06/06/2016 12:52 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote:
>> I agree.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jun 5, 2016, at 10:35 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 05:40:10PM -0400, Programmingkid wrote:
>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a PowerMac G5 and I tried to load the 64el iso and it will not boot. Has anyone had similar issues?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. I tried installing it on my iMac G5 and it would not install. It is probably made for IBM Power workstations and RS6000 systems only.
>>>>
>>>> IBM Power8 (and maybe freescale e6500 since it supposedly is powerisa
>>>> 2.07b compliant too, but I can't find anything that says for sure) only.
>>>
>>> I suggest a note be added to the PPC64el page that explicitly states this is not for a Macintosh.
>
> That makes sense, I just updated the wiki page to state clearly that the ppc64el
> port is not aimed for PowerPC Macintosh machines.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el#Required_Hardware
>
Thank you.
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