Choose this if you have a computer based on the amd64 or em64t architecture e. If it fails, well have to put the manual process back up. Type sudo reboot and let your machine reboot to be sure everything is stable with the nonfree video. Aug 29, 2000 hi all, this is probably a stupid question on my part so please forgive me but i was looking through the ftp archives of the powerpc portion of the debian ftp site this weekend but i never saw any cd iso images. Ibm kinda guy, when mozilla decided to stop supporting ppc i just had to pick the ball up and run with it. We need to merge them in this wiki, with updated info. In fact there are tons of personal reasons why you might install your favorite distro, but questions like which distro should i install. Debian 9 and powerpc gnulinux open hardware powerpc notebook. There were three generations or revisions of imac g5 produced by apple. Thats fine if you have blank cdr media or a cdrw disc, but i havent burnt a cd in years and have no blanks at present.
It is certainly possible, and there are actually quite elegant solutions for the newworld macs, to dual boot your debian powermac system with mac os andor mac os x. The debian installer team have spent many long hours attempting to answer your questions in advance and give you excellent written guidance as you install debian. This page has an extremely detailed guide on installing debian for powerpc. Some of my research indicates that maybe debian will support ppc better. Dec 18, 2015 ever considered linux as an alternative to your aging os x version. Open the deb file using archive manager and extract the file you need. Debian user forums view topic debian running on g5 powerpc. I used disc tools to adjust the partition to 1 tb which you can do starting in 10. How do i know that i will like crux ppc instead of debian, fedora, lubuntu, xubuntu. Number start end size file system name flags 1 512b 32. So, the download link has been fixed to point to the 420 images, and not only that, the mirror install process has been greatly simplified. Debian stretch alpha 5 boot cd doesnt work on this powermac g5 ppc970 1. There are some alternatives, though, described in this article. On boot, screen is black, so everytime i have to push the brightness keys to see lightdm and login.
Debian user forums view topic trouble installing lenny. Debian user forums view topic fan control on powerpc g5. No compromises are being made, even on 32bit ppc i have a powerbook g4 running the same software stack. I performed a network install, but i assume all ppc images available here. Ports to other powerpc architectures, such as the bebox and mbx architecture, are underway but not yet supported by debian. As a side project, i thought id try to throw debian squeeze on an old g5 powermac. Mar, 2006 hi the upcoming fedora core 5 ppc looks good. This guide is provided with the hope that it will prove useful and has been tested for a handful of g3s, several g4s, and most g5s. It works on 32 and 64 bits big endian powerpc g3g4 g5 and newer freescalenxp chips.
If there are more images available here labelled debian something 2, debian something 3, etc. In this video, we will take a look at installing linux mint on a powerbook g4. Debian user forums view topic trouble installing lenny on. So mintppc, like debian, is slow to make new versions. If you are looking for a distribution with the latest kernel, select linux from the dropdown box below and type the version number into the text box next to it. Mar 02, 2012 installing debian linux on ppc part i preinstallation 42415. However i have not heard discussions of dropping powerpc.
Linux distribution for ppc powerpc architecture last updated august 27, 2007 in categories ask nixcraft, debian linux, download of the day, gentoo linux, gnuopen source, linux desktop, linux distribution, redhatfedora linux, ubuntu linux. We have saved some links and are happy to share some shortcuts with you. The last 32bit ppc version of debian that was available for download from the debian website. Jun 22, 2014 check out the new powermac g5 debain server s. It installed just fine, but after the bootloader and kernel bootup output, the screen goes blank. I dont really have high expectations for lxdes performance debian 8 ran it although just running it alone used most of the ram. Next package batch that is due tonight brings even more packages, with 45% of the voidpackages repo built for the worstsupported target 32bit ppc musl. The info was gathered from this thread on debian powerpc and mimics the controls offered by alsamixer. The only powerpc macs that can use a 64bit operating system are g5 imacs and power macs. Apr 22, 2016 im a happy owner of power mac g5 dual 2,3ghz powermac 11,2 and im trying to install newest version of ubuntu mate. Debian is dropping bigendian ppc and ppc64 in stretch debian 9. The debian mactel teams goal is to maintain the packages necessary to run debian on. Debian gnulinux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the kde, gnome, xfce, and lxde desktop environments. Download the first cd or dvd image file, write it using a cddvd recorder or a usb stick on i386 and amd64 ports, and then reboot from that.
But i have choosen to go with debian lxde openbox was a mess and this is running very nice on a powerbook g4 aluminium. How to install linux mint on a powerpc mac youtube. For information on how to download debian gnulinux from the internet or from. The last 32bit ppc version of debian that was available for download from the debian website addeddate 20200208 04. Sep 21, 2016 download from launchpad the kernel image that matches the kernel used in the debian installer. It could have been for fun, for security reasons or even just to have an extra option, why not. The apple g5 is also based on the power4 architecture, and uses this kernel flavour. An operating system based on debian gnulinux that is customized and optimized for use on apple brand computers built on their new world platform. About 1 12 years ago, i was able to build babl and gegl on debian bustersid ppc32, and got gimp 2. In most cases it is not necessary to download and use all of these images to be able to install debian on your computer. I wanted to check out how the powerpc port of debian gnulinux fared on the g5, so i. Im just hoping it will be nice, and play ball with at least most machines. Im still very fond of my old powermac g5, even though my current. Download debian linux 5 lenny iso cd dvd images nixcraft.
Meanwhile, ppc testers can get back to iso testing the lxde xenial xerus image, which is due 21 april 2016. Here are some highlights of the powermac installation of debian. I suggest you start by downloading mac powerpc and ibmppc power5 desktop cd, which is designed to be burnt to a cdr and give you a fully bootable way to test out linux before you commit to it. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. To install debian on a machine without an internet connection, its possible to use cd images 650 mb each or dvd images 4. I can see the list of booting devices type l for linux, c for cdrom, but whatever i do, the distro. The monolithic linux ppc kernel architecture does not have support for these machines. I have learned that the kvm and qemukvm packages are not available for the powerpc architecture. Search the distrowatch database for distributions using a particular package. This is a wikipost, so if anyone has any contributions, feel free to contribute.
The computer is a late mac g5, the one with the stupidly heavy aluminum case. In may day job, we have some 20 old imac g5 standing around. Initially, you will only need to download and use the first image of a set labelled as debian something1 to be able to start the debian installer and set up debian on your computer. Ever considered linux as an alternative to your aging os x version. There are also four flavours of the powerpc kernel in debian.
Installation goes well, whether i have a second partition with mac os or not, but after successful installation and rebooting, im stucked on booting menu. All of those will work on your system so it is basically your choice in what you desktop you want or even no desktop. Debian ppc starters manual power progress community projects. Another way to think is that debian versions span a much longer time than any other linux. When i get to the very first prompt where it tells you to type install or install videoofonly, anything i put in the screen will go white and tell me to release the keys and it will not move from there. I am emulating powerpc using qemusystem ppc on top of x86, and running debian lenny ppc with it.
Some of my research indicates that maybe debian will. This document contains installation instructions for the debian gnulinux 8 system codename jessie, for the powerpc powerpc architecture. This page attempts to summarize the status of support for alsa sound on mac powerpc hardware. In the terminal, move yourself to the directory where the ibm. Tenfourfox this is the download repository for tenfourfox, the firefox port for power macintosh computers runni. Im looking for replies of those running linux on the powermac g5.
Normally, i would install debian stable first, then upgrade to debian unstable. Looks like a video mode problem or something, but i cant find where to change it. This blog isnt generally or at least currently concerned with linux ppc happenings, primarily because that isnt my personal area of expertise and i use os xmacos on almost all of my power macs, but this is rather major news that needs to be distributed a little more widely. I suggest you start by downloading mac powerpc and ibm ppc power5 desktop cd, which is designed to be burnt to a cdr and give you a fully bootable way to test out linux before you commit to it. A repository providing binaries of open source packages built for os x tiger 10. The exact limit is not known, but the used disk was over. Anyone have any other recommendations for a linux distro for the powermac. This works slightly better in terms of performance, however the nouveau driver does not support this size. I had to download the thencurrent versions of babl and gegl, and hunt down all of the deps, but i got it to work. Speed up your old mac with linux mint mintppc for powerpc. Updated for jessie stable ive been meaning to do this for awhile, so ive finally gotten around to giving you my thoroughly complete guide to installing linux on your old ibook, powerbook, mini, or power mac. If youve got an ati gpu, install the nonfree firmware by typing sudo apt install firmwarelinuxnonfree.
These include the 610071008100 line of power macintoshes. If you have an nvidia gpu, you are now finished with installation. Most pages refer to current intelbased models, but powerpc is also a supported architecture. Seamonkey for ppc breathing new life into your g4 g5 macs being a motorola r. Currently, big endian powerpc architectures powerpc ppc64 are only classified as ports within debian a. Dvd and net download iso but also available via software.
Seamonkey for ppc a derivative version of mozillas seamonkey is capable of running on g4 g5 based macs using mac os 10. Also, this page describes which macs are compatible with debian ppc. Im still very fond of my old powermac g5, even though my current mac mini. That takes care of the gpg errors, and will allow you to use apt normally. Further questions can be directed at the lubuntu qa team. The drive that my sid install was on went boom to build and run with no issues. Installing debian on a white imac g5 bastians tech blog. For g3, g4, and g5 machines there is the option of gentoo. Nubus systems are not currently supported by debian powerpc.
With that said, the process should be the same for the bsd flavors. Debian 9 and powerpc gnulinux open hardware powerpc. Debian, which is the upstream source for probably the majority of desktop linux distributions, officially shot its powerpc port. Modern abi elfv2 is used even for big endian glibc, unlike debian and so on, etc. I also have an imac g5 macosx debian stable debian unstable installation where unstable was installed using debootstrap download iso.
Please read the list of debian machines to access powerpc ppc64el debian porterboxen. After install, it cannot get into x, so following these instructions to install peters kernel works wonders for it. Stability and longevity before sloppy speed coding, and constant fixes to cure said slop. Grub installation worked on a g5, though has not been tested on a g4.
If you need help, try asking for help in the following places. The recent debian and fedora kernels for powerpc 64 bit running on the g5 64bit powermac are configured with a 64kb kernel pagesize. The debian powerpc mailing list is the proper place for questions, suggestions for improvements, or just for chat concerning powerpc systems running debian. Please read the list of debian machines to access powerpcppc64el debian porterboxen. But we are not in a normal situation anymore, so well install unstable directly. Those familiar with powerpc will know that yaboot is the default bootloader, and that remains so here, but ive also added grub to make booting. Debian ppc starters manual power progress community. All you need is good internet connection, dont download iso from debian cd mirror. Powerpc dual core processor, 64bit 2gb ram geforce 6600 graphics currently has 7.
If youre looking for a truly modern build of linux for your g5 you dont have very many choices anymore. Just make sure you pick a download that has powerpc in it. Debian sid installation guide powerpc macrumors forums. To do this, we will need to install a more uptodate operating system, and mintppc which is actually debian with linux mint lxde environment loaded on top is a great start. Initially, you will only need to download and use the first image of a set labelled as debian. Ive been having quite a few issues and im hoping i could get some help please. It also contains pointers to more information and information on how to make the most of your new debian system. Hi all, ive just installed deian gnulinux powerpc iceweasel on to a g5 powerpc. I can offer little support for sid as its extremely unstable unpredictable at this stage, nor do i have currently. The problem is that the flash player situation would be worse on linux than on mac os x. Y does not work on ppc, lets publish stable for the other platforms and fix the ppc problem later. All based on the debian philosophy of if your code is good enough, then you dont need new versions all the time.