Re: OldWorld ROM Macintoshes
Hello,
On Fri, 2025-08-22 at 20:12 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote:
> Can anyone provide any guidance on how to install Debian onto an
> OldWorld ROM Macintosh?
>
> I followed this gentleman's guide to the tee (before it was changed to
> read "OUTDATED") on my PDQ, but as soon as I selected "Linux" from the
> BootX prompt, I received a black screen, and was unable to progress
> further.
>
> https://distrosprojects.blogspot.com/2023/09/modern-debian-on-1998-powerbook-g3.html
>
> I have struggled to find solid evidence to back the partitioning
> choices, and nothing to explain my actual issue.
Last time I tried a recent kernel on an OldWorld PowerMac, the kernel crashed
quite early and I didn't get to see any usable boot messages. There was a
discussion on the topic on this list, see [1].
While I have an OldWorld PowerBook somewhere in my storage, I don't really have
the time to look into this issue now so that someone else interested needs to
do that.
It's not unusual for the kernel not to work on hardware on which it hasn't been
tested on for a long time.
Adrian
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/07/msg00050.html
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