Re: PowerPC sid installation - was: Re: New discussion: ppc64 installer -- ext2 /boot partition to keep sabot happy

[Richard Kuenz <richard.kuenz@web.de>]

Thank you very much for supporting ,

i downloaded the NETINST,


but how can i boot?

i am used to go into OPEN FIRMWARE

at start by pressing ALT+CMD+O+F
there i type

boot cd:,\install\yaboot


supose that with NETINST the procedure is different?



Am 06.10.2017 um 11:54 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> Hi Richard!
>
> Please don't hijack discussions but open a new thread for that. Otherwise
> the discussion becomes hard to follow in the mailing list archives.
>
> > if i install Wheezy on Powermac G4,
> > can i then update to Stretch?
>
> You can update it to Sid. There is no Stretch for PowerPC.
>
> To upgrade, just replace "wheezy" with "sid" in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
> > Or do i need to install Stretch from Netinstall to succeed?
>
> No.
>
> > Where could i download such image?
>
> Download "all files in zip" [1]. The ISO is contained in the ZIP file.
>
> > [1] 
> > http://jenkins.kfreebsd.eu/jenkins/view/cd/job/debian-cd_sid_powerpc/ws/