Re: First time Debian unstable "sid" (Linux) installation ever - a conclusion
On 05/27/2017 12:54 PM, Richard Kuenz wrote:
> i found a dvd here labeled "pppc64-el stretch (powerpc)" sure i must have made some error
>
> labeling
> but on imac g5
>
> i cannot boot this as i am used to by typing in open firwmare
That's because that image is for PPC64 Little Endian while your PowerMac G5
is PPC64 Big Endian. It's also a much older architecture. Debian's ppc64el
port is POWER8 while your PowerMac G5 ppc64 is POWER5.
This will never work.
Adrian
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