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My mac is not on a network. Can someone explain how I can connect to a "web server" in the installation process to record how the installation proceeds, and fails, so that I can figure out what to fix?
Thank you for the help.
Thank you for the help.
That would be fine but I don't have a local network - unless that is an internal place in the G4.
The G4 will act as a webserver and it will have an IP address for your browser to point to so you can access the log file.
Did you guys install Linux on a DLSD lately ? I have a client that reports a black screen.
Is this post the solution ?
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Is this post the solution ?
Making G3s and Radeon graphics great again
In 2015, Debian Jessie was released, and PowerPC users, specially those using the third-generation devices, were left with very broken systems. One of the numerous bugs of the new Debian release was particularly serious: Those with G3 machines rocking ATI Radeon GPUs found that running a...
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I don’t know. Maybe someone with such a laptop can use my live USB MintPPC image and try to get it working.
What's funny is I actually just bought a 17" PowerBook that might be a DLSD and I was planning to put MintPPC on it. If it is indeed a DLSD, I'll report back here with my experiences
Supposed to come in on Monday, so hopefully you'll have your answer within a week from now.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.67_17_hr.html should be your machine then. It has the same video card as the 15 inch.
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Maybe this kernel parameter will help:
wiki.debian.org
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Maybe this kernel parameter will help:
Code:
radeon.agpmode=-1PowerPC/FAQ - Debian Wiki
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Ok, thanks!https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.67_17_hr.html should be your machine then. It has the same video card as the 15 inch.
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Maybe this kernel parameter will help:
Code:radeon.agpmode=-1
PowerPC/FAQ - Debian Wiki
Yes, and don't know. Never tried debian on the PB. It's only seen osx, Ubuntu and void. No issues with Xorg. On my g4 mini with the Radeon 9200 Xorg worked fine with Sid though. Use boot param radeon.agpmode=-1 and it should be fine.
Cheers
Cheers
Thanks @wicknix
My iBook G4 with a Mobility Radeon 9550 boots into X in Debian sid without kernel parameters.
My iBook G4 with a Mobility Radeon 9550 boots into X in Debian sid without kernel parameters.
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Well good news @RogerWilco6502 . He has a working Debian sid desktop now. Moderator of this post: please add Mobility Radeon 9550 to the list of working GPU.
@Jeroen Diederen For future reference, this is classified as a Wikipost because anyone (including you) can add to it as they see fit.
When I'm gone, these knowledge bases will need to live on irregardless of whoever takes up maintaining them; there lies the innate insurance in the Wiki model.
When I'm gone, these knowledge bases will need to live on irregardless of whoever takes up maintaining them; there lies the innate insurance in the Wiki model.
G4 and G5 for sure. The G3 machines very often have ATi Rage GPU cards, which won’t work. The ones with Radeon and maybe GeForce should work.
Update: ATi Rage works, see MintPPC 2020 on Pismo G3.
Update: ATi Rage works, see MintPPC 2020 on Pismo G3.
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Simply lovely!
Is it OK to shrink the partition with mac os x and do an automatic partitioning of the free space with Debian installer in order to achieve dual boot?
Forget about the statement with respect to Rage 128. I just tried the live system on my G3 Pismo and it works. One just has to wait a long time for X to come up, that's all. I never waited long enough. I guess the iMac G3 also works then.
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Another thing to note is that Grub, which will be installed with MintPPC nowadays, cannot boot OS9 or OSX. You will have to boot into MacOS using the option key at boot. Alternatively, you can install yaboot bootloader manually on the bootstrap partition. This requires more work.
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You have OSX installed and want to shrink that partition? That works with Disk Utility, but from a CD, not from that system. You can also achieve the latter with my live USB using gparted but it will be slow. The created free space can be partitioned from within the Debian installer.
Another thing to note is that Grub, which will be installed with MintPPC nowadays, cannot boot OS9 or OSX. You will have to boot into MacOS using the option key at boot. Alternatively, you can install yaboot bootloader manually on the bootstrap partition. This requires more work.
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How does one go about removing remaining traces of yaboot after removing a Linux installation? There is no longer a such Linux installation partition but yaboot remains in the boot picker.
@Doq If there are no other installations you wish to preserve on the drive in question, you should be able to simply create a new partition table from Disk Utility on an OS X install disc by going to the 'Partition' menu after selecting a disk, and then choosing '1 partition' or '2 partitions', etc., and then applying.
It has been a long time since I've last installed Linux on a PowerPC machine, so I don't explicitly remember if Yaboot installed itself into a given partition or the current partition table itself, like GRUB. However, if it's the former, you should be able to just look for any seemingly used partitions from Disk Utility's aforementioned 'Partition' tab, and then just erase them and repartition the disk accordingly. If you opt to only erase them while retaining the existing disk structure, that should then leave any pre-existing installations of OS X intact, bypassing the need to reinstall.
It has been a long time since I've last installed Linux on a PowerPC machine, so I don't explicitly remember if Yaboot installed itself into a given partition or the current partition table itself, like GRUB. However, if it's the former, you should be able to just look for any seemingly used partitions from Disk Utility's aforementioned 'Partition' tab, and then just erase them and repartition the disk accordingly. If you opt to only erase them while retaining the existing disk structure, that should then leave any pre-existing installations of OS X intact, bypassing the need to reinstall.