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Re: Problem installing Debian PowerPC Jessie on PowerMac G5 7,3 PCI-X



Hey Rick,

Quick question, how do you manually enter repositories at  
installation? For me, it always defaults to selecting a preexisting,  
non-functional mirror off a list, and I never see any option to enter  
anything manually, like it does by default in the ppc64 installations.

Thanks,
Noah

On May 18, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:

> I’m trying to install Debian Jessie ppc64 8.11 on my PowerMac G5  
> 7,3 machine for comparison purposes with Adrian’s 10.0 “ports”.
>
> I downloaded the PowerPC 8.11 DVD and used it to install a default  
> system.  The only thing out of the ordinary was that I had to  
> manually enter the packages mirror name as “archive.debian.org”  
> since Jessie is no longer available on the normal mirror network.
>
> The installation ran to completion, finishing up with installing  
> yaboot on the hard disk.
>
> But when it tried to reboot into the installed system, it got to  
> “second level boot loader” and stopped with the blinking question- 
> mark folder icon.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas as to what’s going wrong?
>
> I can provide log files for the installation if you think they  
> would help.
>
> Thanks!
> Rick


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