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Re: How to upgrade Debian 8 stable to the unofficial port (iMac G5)



Hello,

On Tue, 2024-02-13 at 08:20 +0100, tuxayo wrote:
> I installed the last offcial Debian 8 iso. Picking "install" and not 
> "install32" IIUC I have a ppc64 install.

No, you still have a 32-bit PowerPC, i.e. powerpc installation. It's
just that your kernel is 64 bits instead of 32 bits.

> ppc64 seems the most relevant choice for a G5 to gain some performance 
> and to have any chance of having a full browser running on that 
> hardware. From the emails in the past months, I see it will likely crash 
> but there is hope that it might work at some point.
> Still better than Firefox 52 on the powerpc port. (segfaults every 2 min 
> on Debian 8)
> 
> How to upgrade from Debian 8?
> Should I just change my source list to adapt the right part to point there?:
> http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-ppc64
> there is also
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-ppc64/main/f/firefox/
> any preference?
> 
> And then just
> apt update && apt full-upgrade && apt autoremove

I'm afraid that's not trivially possible although not impossible. However,
crossgrading a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system requires a lot of knowledge
as there are a lot of pitfalls and I would advise against it.

> I'll also try to install debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
> But the past I tried debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso (because I 
> though ppc64 was ppc64el)
> And it failed to boot:
> Invalid memory access at
> #SRR0: 00000000.020837dc #SRR1: 10000000.00083030

Please try this image:

> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-01-31/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso

Adrian

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