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Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

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On 5/2/21 3:21 PM, Pat Pathmanathan wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the
> 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ image to CD on a newer iMac (2017).
> When I boot the iMac G5 holding the ‘Option’ key down with the CD
> inserted, the G5 doesn’t recognise the CD as a bootable CD. I then did
> the same with the 'debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-ppc64el-DVD-1.iso’. Till the
> same problem. I was able to install Ubuntu Mate 16.04 for powerpc
> without any problem. 
> 
> Can you please help me to solve this problem?
> 

Hi Pat,

Debian has 3 architecture for powerpc :
 - ppc64el (official)
 - powerpc (unofficial)
 - ppc64 (unofficial)

Only official architectures have testing and stable branches. Unofficial
architectures have unstable/sid branch only.

I'm not sure what computer architecture your old mac belongs to so try
to use the same architecture you have used with Ubuntu.

Kind regards
Georgi

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Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) Pat Pathmanathan <pat.pathmanathan@gmail.com> - 2021-05-02 14:40 +0200
  Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2021-05-02 16:40 +0200
  Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-02 16:40 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-02 16:50 +0200
      Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-02 19:40 +0200
      Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-02 19:40 +0200
        Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2021-05-02 21:20 +0200
  Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc) "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-05-02 17:20 +0200

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