Re: Help with install on old Mac

From	Bob McGowan <bob@bnlmcgowan.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Help with install on old Mac
Date	2020-12-11 02:30 +0100
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On 12/5/20 1:47 AM, didier gaumet wrote:
> Hello
>
> Disclaimer: I am not familiar with Apple (old or new) hardware
>
> There is the Debian Jessie installation manual for the powerpc architecture:
>   https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/powerpc/index.html.en
>
> the 3.6.1 section could explain why you have difficulties to boot from your hard disk:
>   https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/powerpc/ch03s06.html.en#invoking-openfirmware
> but the link indicated to upgrade is broken
>
> http://gnats.netbsd.org/43952 provides an updated link:
>   wget http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_X/System_Disk_Utility.smi.bin
>
> On a side note, NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD all seem to have present version of their OS for the mac powerpc architecture:, NetBSD probably being the most advanced and supported (FreeBSD: WIP):
>   http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/
>
> keep us informed if you have succeeded :-)
>     

Hello Didier,

Thanks for the links.  I too had noticed some of the Debian links were 
broken.

I did try a different, smaller, USB stick for the firmware, but it did 
not help.  Plus some of the info from other pages suggested at least one 
partition name might be wrong.  So I decided to follow your suggestion 
to look into the BSD systems.

I chose NetBSD and have successfully installed it.  But again, getting 
the system to boot into it is proving a challenge.

Since I'm now using NetBSD, I'll be taking this conversation over to 
their lists.

But I may ultimately retry getting Linux up on the machine.

We'll see how it goes.

Thanks again,

Bob

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Help with install on old Mac Bob McGowan <bob@bnlmcgowan.net> - 2020-12-05 09:10 +0100
  Re: Help with install on old Mac didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 11:10 +0100
    Re: Help with install on old Mac Bob McGowan <bob@bnlmcgowan.net> - 2020-12-11 02:30 +0100

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