On 24-02-13 09:28, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
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.
Oh ok, thanks for avoiding me trouble due to not knowing this :)
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.
Yeah, not doing that, there are already enough odds stacked again me for trying to use such old hardware for browsing the modern web ^^"
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-01-31/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
Thanks was indeed this one I had in mind, thanks :) Cheers, -- tuxayo