Re: Repository address for netinst

["Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com>]

Hi Gianluca,

Colton (and I) want to use Jessie (Debian 8) because it is the last working Debian version that supports powerpc and ppc64.  Unfortunately, the repo at http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ only has unreleased, unstable, and experimental.  Nothing there that looks like it is usable for jessie.

Adrian's work on getting a "ports" version for Debian 10 is still a work-in-progress and not yet suitable for a "production" machine.  There's a bunch of us helping with the effort, and we are hopeful we can get it going soon.  Big kudos to Adrian for spearheading the effort!

Rick

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Gianluca Bonetti wrote:

Hi Colton

Have you tried a newer installer image from here?

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/

Then I think you can use this line in sources.list

deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main

At least I was using that if I remember correctly

Cheers

Gianluca

Il giorno sab 18 apr 2020 alle ore 21:14 Colton Booth <colton@boothlinux.ca> ha scritto:

Good day everyone,

I was wondering if someone could please point me in the direction of a repository to use with Debian 8 PowerPC netinst? Due to brittle plastics my iBook G4 is going to be staying with its original CD drive and will not be able to use DVDs.

I would also like to set up my own repository server in the near future and make it available to the public. I am currently gathering the hardware and should be set up sometime next week.

Thank you,

Colton