Hi Mick,
On 2018-08-08, Mick Bert <micbert75@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can fetch the installation image here:
>>
>>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/10.0/powerpc/ iso-cd/
>>
>> Let me know if you run into issues. There have been recently changes
>> on the server side for PowerPC for which we should build fresh
>> installation images. But I haven't done this for a while now.
>>
>> If the installation fails, I have a good reason to finally do that.
>>
> Actually the installation fails, already at boot time: it leads to
> something like an openfirmware console, where I can either reboot or
> shutdown:
>
> Decrementer exception at %SRR0: 001001d8 %SRR1: 10003030
>
> Apple PowerBook6,5 4.8.7f1 BootROM built on 09/23/04 at 16:13:38
Is yaboot still used as the installer? I also have an iBook and reported
[0] and provided a fix [1] for a very similar issue relating to yaboot
back in October 2017. My fix was never picked up because yaboot was
supposed to be replaced with grub.