But I have an idea, based on the original Thread: Get the 32 Bit PPC Wheezy DVD. Again, thanks!
On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 11:45 AM Echedey López Romero <
elr@disroot.org> wrote:
El lun, 09-03-2020 a las 10:58 -0400, Kenneth Parker escribió:
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> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 8:46 AM Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 05:11:29PM +1030, dvalin@internode.on.net
> > wrote:
> > > $ more /etc/issue
> > > Debian GNU/Linux 7 n l
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > > apt-get install of that fails with:
> > > Err http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main stunnel4 i386
> > > 3:4.53-1.1
> > > 404 Not Found [IP: 150.203.164.37 80]
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWheezy#FAQ
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> This brings up an unusual requirement: I am now the proud owner of
> an iMac G4 Desklamp, with a bad Hard Drive but, otherwise in good
> condition. I just checked Debian PPC support, namely ppc64el which,
> specifically excludes old PPC Macs.
>
> So how far back, in the Debian Archives do I need to go, before I
> find something that supports a G4?
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Kenneth Parker
Good afternoon Parker,
Recently, I have got a iMac G5 working with Debian.
I think that G5 is 64 Bit. The ppc32 article on the Debian Wiki, that Reco provided helps me there.
I say you that PowerPC(PowerPC 32 bits Big Endian) and PPC64 (PowerPC
64 bits Big Endian) are available as unofficial ports and with low
maintenance status.
Another place for me to look.
As I am using the PowerPC64 port I cannot ensure that this will work
for your case but I am going to try it.
First, you need to download the last image for the PowerPC port at
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/powerpc/iso-cd/
I will examine this. I suspect I might need something, before the *last* image, but I will download this to start.
<snipped the rest, as I need to get something running (like a Live CD), before I go anywhere else>
By the way, the last thing this G4 "Desklamp" was running, before the Catastrophic Disk Failure was OS X Panther (We got one Boot, into Single User Mode, where I was able to get Hardware / Software info. That was, then, all she wrote). Fortunately, I have a running iBook G3 [!] running the prior release, OS X Jaguar (and, which makes it "priceless" for me, a working Dual Boot to Apple's OS 9), so I was able to prepare an external Firewire Disk, to accept whatever gets Installed. Finally, I have a CD Set for Darwin, giving me something supported by Apple that I can install. The Panther System had X-Windows Support, by the way.
Thank you, everyone for your help!
Kenneth Parker