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

From	Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE <zp6cge@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)
Date	2021-05-02 21:20 +0200
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On Sonntag, 2. Mai 2021 13:29:47 -04 didier gaumet wrote:
> Le 02/05/2021 à 16:43, Greg Wooledge a écrit :
> > On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote:
> >>  From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor
> >>  is a>> 
> >> powerpc64 Big Indian, not a powerpc64 Little Indian [...]
> > 
> > That's "Endian", not "Indian".
> > 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness
> 
> Thank you Greg, but I promise you, Your Honor, I'm not guilty, for the
> life of me ;-)
> 
> In this case, I did know the concept and its correct spelling but:
> - being absent-minded by nature
> - thinking in english (I have  almost wrote "inglish")
> - but unconsciously verifying spelling in french (my native language)
> while writing
> - and being guilty of not re-reading myself before posting
> 
> You have there a perfect recipe for a disaster ;-)

That is cute and it reminds me of Peter Sellers in "The Party"
... talking of little Indians and disasters ...

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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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