Oct 14, 2020 · Just installed Debian Sid on a Dual Core 2.0 G5 and it's working great. The X1900 GT is of course cli only, but I was already expecting that, no biggie. Does GRUB on PPC support chainloading OS X Tiger? The GRUB documentation states that "chain-loading is only supported on PC BIOS and EFI...

Oct 9, 2018 · Both during the installation and doing a "rescue", I can "apt install" and do various things, but the Rescue mode - post install - is not viable for a working Debian SID, on a G4 1.25 DP, bah.

Oct 10, 2018 · When you're prompted to choose an archive mirror, scroll all the way up to the top of the list, choose 'enter information manually', then enter 'ftp.ports.debian.org' for the mirror, and '/debian-ports/' for the directory.

Oct 9, 2018 · As per the Installation Guide for Debian 10 in Post #1, you need to download the debian-ports-archive-keyring .deb on another computer, move it to a USB drive, then input the listed commands to install it. That takes care of the GPG errors, and …

Jun 4, 2017 · Seeing as how installing Sid can be painstaking (downloading keyrings to a usb stick, missing wifi firmware, grub breaking and post-install hacking in yaboot, etc) i decided to respin a custom netinstall.iso. This iso uses yaboot by default so there are no hoops to jump through there. There is a...

Aug 2, 2015 · Debian PPC Status Update Support will continue, but has been migrated to Debian Ports and users must run unstable (Sid). I just downloaded the net-install iso and will be doing some testing...

Oct 9, 2018 · Has anyone managed to get firefox to display colours properly in debian 11/sid? The problem seems to be an endianness bug since version ~52 (the current ppc64 versions are firefox 86 and firefox-esr 78), it seems this applies to all big endian distros:

Jun 12, 2023 · I have a late 2005 power mac g5 duel 2.0 cpu with 8gb of memory. I installed Debian 12 sid 64bit. I used the mate desktop. My problem is my desktop graphic...

Oct 9, 2018 · (Debian Sid Installation Guide (PowerPC)) I might include an extra instruction on partitioning for efficiency and reliability, on here or a new, future thread...

Nov 7, 2023 · Debian Sid, especially for PowerPC, is a constantly moving target, and this guide definitely needs a lot of updates, as the last one was almost five years ago, via a member who is no longer posting on the forum.