Re: Is there an install method for buster/sid on an old PowerMac G5 ?

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>]

On 1/13/19 2:00 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> You should be able to use the old images though:
>
> > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/

That boots neatly and I am easily able to get remote expert install
going over ssh.  Whom ever invented that installer feature is my
personal hero.

One thing of note is that the installer seems to attempt name resolution
via ipv6 first and then eventually times out and ( falls down or up
depending on your ipv6 opinion ) to ipv4 which actually works.

Since I can not modify /etc/gai.conf in the installer this little hack
sorts out the situation for the installed with a shell :

BusyBox v1.27.2 (Debian 1:1.27.2-2) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
~ # uname -a
Linux hydra 4.16.0-1-powerpc64 #1 SMP Debian 4.16.5-1 (2018-04-29) ppc64 
GNU/Linux
~ # ls /proc/sys/net
core       ipv4       ipv6       netfilter  unix
~ # ls /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/
all         default     enP1p5s4f0  enP1p5s4f1  lo
~ # echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
~ # echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/disable_ipv6
~ # echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/disable_ipv6
~ # echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/enP1p5s4f0/disable_ipv6
~ # echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/enP1p5s4f1/disable_ipv6
~ #

Problem solved and install can not proceed *quickly* given that a mirror
somewhere will respect the architecture.

Dennis

ps: odd that the kernel rev here is 4.16.x given that my upgrade from
     the old Debian 8.10 upwards to buster/sid resulted in 4.19.x