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Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-22 19:29:28
what version do you guys run?
i tried debian 12 but it errors out when i reach the desktop enviorment install during setup.
any suggestions? |
Posted by: Nixontheknight on 2024-06-22 19:34:42
what version do you guys run?
i tried debian 12 but it errors out when i reach the desktop enviorment install during setup.
any suggestions? adelie linux with LXQT/LXDE |
Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-22 19:40:08
adelie linux with LXQT/LXDE ill look into that again. i found a live ppc of that but it had nothing with it. ill have to look for an installer |
Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-22 20:24:38
adelie linux with LXQT/LXDE welp, i just tried it. adelie cant see the HDD. must be missing something to use the controller. wont even boot with LXQT. |
Posted by: nyef on 2024-06-22 23:07:40
Apparently, my iBook G4 is running Debian Wheezy (7.6) with XFCE. It was probably current when I last used the machine. |
Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-22 23:14:12
Apparently, my iBook G4 is running Debian Wheezy (7.6) with XFCE. It was probably current when I last used the machine. im struggling a bit. i got debian to install but i cant get the bootloader to work. i have grub on it but now have to option my way to a macX boot. gonna look into doing a firmware boot to that partition tomorrow. |
Posted by: saxfun on 2024-06-25 13:21:33
welp, i just tried it. adelie cant see the HDD. must be missing something to use the controller. wont even boot with LXQT.
Watch carefully the partitioning and formatting!
But at the end you cannot install the GUI software, even the text mode install is corrupted. you have to download a different .iso file: adelie-inst-ppc-1.0-beta5-20240426. (size 488,3mb) that is gonna work! |
Posted by: saxfun on 2024-06-25 13:23:31
im struggling a bit. i got debian to install but i cant get the bootloader to work. i have grub on it but now have to option my way to a macX boot. gonna look into doing a firmware boot to that partition tomorrow. I had the same problems with debian. it seems that the version 12 is not well maintained for ppc. HOW did you install debian 12 on iBook/powerbook case it always stops installing when choosing the desktop environment etc.
Thanks fr you time, saxfun 🙂 |
Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-25 16:47:03
i dont have it working on debian but i feel like im close. i installed throug installer but grub failed to install. LXDE installed for envoriment.
ima try adelle again |
Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-28 15:36:53
i got xfce installed and core done. im stuck on grub bootloader atm. idk what to do about that yet. im not well versed in linux.
i think im going to try and manually add a boot loader to a bootstrap hfs partition instead of the installers default stuff.
i got adelle installed too but that is failing to boot. i had to manually make all the partions before install but i think the installer program is failing to copy some files so im going to try a CLI install next.
the other issue i am running into is the live KDE adelle is pretty laggy. idk if htat will change once its fully installed with gpu drivers but its way slower than ive seen others YT vids show... |
Posted by: saxfun on 2024-06-29 13:26:18
in the meantime I got DEBIAN 12 SID installed! I could only install at first the minimal text version, without a lot of useful tools and I had to work very hard (cause i.e. "ifconfig" was not not installed) to get the eth0 working. But now debian is working as expected, except the r300 driver for the ATI Radeon 9600 card, "could not locate bios". But I did install a 2023 version of linux-firmware-nonfree . . . maybe my apt sources list is not the ideal one.
you have to fix grub like this guy, it is possible on the cmdline:
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Posted by: Ncc74656 on 2024-06-29 14:00:07
ill dig into that. i have not tired a raw text only install yet. i was going to try that on adelle later. ill report back with how far i get. i have the 9550 radeon in my ibook |
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