[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5



Hi all, hi Adrian,


downloaded the image and burnt on DVD. Now the iMac starts from DVD but hangs with:

smp_core99_probe

smp_core99_bringup_done

the ventilator is up high but nothing else happens.


I have ATI Radeon X600 (Rev 380) 3E50 (PCIE)


Any hints?


Claudia


Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 14:58:08 CET schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:

> Hi Claudia,

>

> On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 14:54 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote:

> > I have an iMac G5, PowerMac 12,1 PPC970FX, Platform: PowerMac 12,1

> > MacRISC4

> > Power Macinstosh, Memory 1GB+384MB.

> >

> > I had installed Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS and it was running fine. Now I need

> > newer libc and so on. So I wanted to install Debian 12 or even Debian 13

> > on this iMac.

> This is a computer running in big-endian mode, so you need to install a

> big-endian PowerPC distribution.

>

> > Is that possible? I tried

> > debian-12.4.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso

> > but the iMac does not start from the DVD.

>

> The ppc64el Debian port targets little-endian PowerPC, so it's not

> compatible with your Mac.

>

> > What can I do?

>

> Please use this installation image:

> > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-12-14/debian-12.0.

> > 0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso

> Adrian

>

> --

>  .''`.  John Paul Adrian Glaubitz

>

> : :' :  Debian Developer

>

> `. `'   Physicist

>   `-    GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546  0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913




Reply to: