What about Debian 10, or even Ubuntu 16.04 (like Mint 18)? The archive keyring can just be bundled with the 10 installer, so the user won't need to do anything post-install.
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What about Debian 10, or even Ubuntu 16.04 (like Mint 18)? The archive keyring can just be bundled with the 10 installer, so the user won't need to do anything post-install.
It probably might also be done like you say, but it requires a whole lot of extra work. It would involve repackaging an existing installer iso. As the 10.0 installer also installs grub, it is of no use to do all this work. I will focus on an installer that installs yaboot by default and that is capable of adding additional repositories. I am quite sure that an installer of a stable release is able to do just that.
The 10.0 installer I am talking about is this one:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/10.0/powerpc/iso-cd/
I don't like Ubuntu as they rely too much on meta packaging. Installing one package draws in so much other stuff. That is not my idea of lightweight. I want to have Debian as base.
It would be nice if we could get grub fixed, then we wouldn't need to worry about yaboot.
Grub install expects a PReP partion.
ok guys, for those of you who are interested in my project and want to follow me: I created a blog at http://mintppc.nl.
"MintPPC - Fast and slick Linux for PowerPC computers" ... With a fast and slick website to boot! Well done!
I have an old iBook G4 800mhz lying around somewhere. Just wondering if anyone has tested Debian out on an 800mhz system and if so, how unbearable is it to use on a 1-10 scale? Thanks in advance
I have an old iBook G4 800mhz lying around somewhere. Just wondering if anyone has tested Debian out on an 800mhz system and if so, how unbearable is it to use on a 1-10 scale? Thanks in advance
I've had Sid on my iMac G4 800mhz.
With Xfce, about a 2. Maybe 3 at most. The point is that it's not unbearable, it's just down to what desktop environment you choose.
Hi Jeroen, are you also looking to incorporate fixes for the common PPC hardware gotchas, such as listed in the Linux wiki in this forum?
I will have a look what I can do later on. I am at the moment still trying to find a way to easily get MintPPC installed.
The Wiki should prove to be a very big help when you do. We've solved most everything besides suspending.
I would appreciate that if you want to talk about this project, you start commenting on my own site. It's easier to keep track of things in that way. Thanks in advance. It will also make my site livelier and hopefully Google will pick it up, so people can find me.
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https://github.com/ibm-power-utilities/powerpc-utils/issues/30
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/merge_requests/2
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There is, imho, only one guy working on it. His name is Adrian Glaubitz (Debian).
https://github.com/ibm-power-utilities/powerpc-utils/issues/30
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/merge_requests/2
I had a look at the wiki and indeed, I will try to use as much as I can to incorporate these fixes. Great info there btw.
Is there anyone here who can write code for Linux? I am trying to make a deb that adds modules in /usr/lib/modules-load.d. The idea is to add the powerpc specific modules when installing this package.
Most of the PPC-specific modules needed should have already come preinstalled. If the idea is to move things, add things, and append lines, why not avoid the hassle and make a script instead? All you need to do is bundle everything to a downloadable directory, and use the script to decide what goes where, and what gets changed.
That would probably be easier than building a new .deb from the ground up.
You are probably right.
For the impatient ones: I published the manual installation guide for MintPPC on my site. Please give feedback!
Not that this really applies to MintPPC, but i did a fresh install of ubuntu 16.04 on my single core G5 (it's been down as it needed a new hard drive), updated to 16.04.6, added in mintppc's repo, made some adjustments, and schwing! Mintbuntu.
Cheers
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NiceNot that this really applies to MintPPC, but i did a fresh install of ubuntu 16.04 on my single core G5 (it's been down as it needed a new hard drive), updated to 16.04.6, added in mintppc's repo, made some adjustments, and schwing! Mintbuntu.
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I have tried for the last couple of days to recreate a Debian installer cd based on Jessie with a small set of extra MintPC packages. I don't get it working. I seem to be messing up the Packages and Release files. If someone is able and willing to help, it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, i'm stuck in an install on a Pismo at point 6a :
4. yabootconfig -b /dev/sdb2 <-(yes, changed to sdb cause I try installing on a second drive in the extension bay)
gives my :
/bin/sh: 4: yabootconfig: not found
That is with 2019-06-26 image. trying with the lastest gives me same message.
Trying with an older one, 2019-04-09, and the OF command to boot on the usb stick doesn't work.
I did manage to install with that 2019-04-09 img on a Powerbook G4 tho, but that was using a CD.
Any idea ?
4. yabootconfig -b /dev/sdb2 <-(yes, changed to sdb cause I try installing on a second drive in the extension bay)
gives my :
/bin/sh: 4: yabootconfig: not found
That is with 2019-06-26 image. trying with the lastest gives me same message.
Trying with an older one, 2019-04-09, and the OF command to boot on the usb stick doesn't work.
I did manage to install with that 2019-04-09 img on a Powerbook G4 tho, but that was using a CD.
Any idea ?
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Thks, but how do you do that please ?
I did
apt install hfsutils
all installed fine, but I still get yabootconfig: not found :/
Tried that
"Package yaboot is not available, but is referred to by another package
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source"
:/
tried also
apt search yaboot
...gives nothing
I find a solution, in console instead of yaboot config you should follow this steps
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the lines of the step 10 of this wikipost
Ctrl+x and later Y
Write apt update
And then you can install yaboot with apt install yaboot
And then now you can run the
Yabootconfig with your parameters