I tried to install MintPPC and Debian a couple of times with the snapshot installer images of June 18 2023 as is prescribed in the instructions. At the end of the installation, the installation of grub fails. I tried 4 times to make sure. Don’t do an installation now as it will fail 100%.
Try trixie/bookworm from sid. I have a working copy for G4/G5. G3 was eliminated with AtY128FB drivers being removed from kernel source build, mesa breakage from ubu12 onwards. I cant see what Im doing to recomplile the kernel, would have to drop Altivec optimizations and respin. Looking for the HOW on that. I can do x86/64 intel. PowerPC/Mac Linux has to be done a touch different.uck may provide hints. Live media, not hDImage to flash over. Reccommend FW booting, not USB if/ not writing to the internal drive.
Works w LLVM. Testing FreeBSD rn. Write me if the ISO is giving you hell, mine installs ok. Ill drop it on my webserver and send you a link.
appears uck MAY support liveISO building of the HDD image /install I have, and more recently have imaged from the G4iBook into qcow format. Only BSD fails emulated boot. Once spun, I can burn it. Ive not modded yet for Everyday, still using base debian installer for trixie/sid. Sometimes snapshots fail/break over time. Ive noticed there are no “freezes” w debian ports. This is very bad. I can upload an ISO in a minute, im working ppc32 bsd on a g3 rn. UCK(ubuntu customizaton kit) appears to want thr options below, try the default before tweaking them.
Im working with larger output usually than CD/DVD SL media with what Im making. Note: will swap heavily if insufficient RAM to load. Further, optical is waay slower than usb /FW boot. Target disk mode is how I dumped the HDD -thru a mini (running “everyday x86_64 ” /modified bullseye)
Try this:
main included script in uck:
*not the packISO script, go up one level, into the includes folder
use options “arch=ppc” “when packing”
—
(tweak to this):
genisoimage -o “$NEW_FILES_DIR/$NEW_ISO_FILE_NAME” \
-p “myISOPacker” \
-probe -map “$UCK_LIBRARIES_DIR/hfs.map” -chrp-boot -iso-level 4 \
-part -no-desktop -r –netatalk -hfs \
-hfs-bless “$ISO_REMASTER_DIR/install” \
-x “$ISO_REMASTER_DIR”/casper/manifest.diff \
-V “$LIVECD_ISO_DESCRIPTION” \
-joliet-long \
-allow-limited-size \
“$ISO_REMASTER_DIR”
manpage:
FAT/DL DVD(8gb):
“genisoimage should be able to create HFS hybrid images over 4Gb, although this has not been fully tested. ”
possible the image I DL from debian ports is still live, I can give you Snapshot time in a min.(within 1month)
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/12.0/powerpc/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
No issues with GRUB. The issues are booting a kernel not designed for your cpu, not with GRUB. Everyone assumes its GRUB.
GFXBoot is enabled with this release.
Should work on G5/64bit as well as 32bit ppc(what Ive got). Exact checksum of what Ive installed successfully/am using.
Working on a repack/modified ISO myself. ISO can be dd to a usb stick, if needed.
YW.
If you got it working let me know. I want to try. And if it works I want a verbose manual what you did and how you did it, similar as to how I write installation instructions. I might be able to spin MintPPC installation images with your method.
I managed to successfully install MintPPC using this disk from 2023-12-14…
debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
Then, I used the directions on this page to complete the installation…
https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-klant.nl/installation/manual-installation-mintppc/
Everything works fine on my G4 Mac mini.
Does Grub get installed correctly with that image or did you have to use my trick?
Yes, Grub installed correctly, as did the connection to the archive mirror. This only worked when I first installed MacOS X Tiger. That seemed to clear up all the connection issues that prevented installation of MintPPC.
Also, the package mintsystem is broken.
I have repeatedly installed MintPPC32 successfully using…
https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-klant.nl/installation/manual-installation-mintppc/
All the packages install correctly.
Thanks for trying and reporting Thomas!
Automated install fails at Select and Install Software. It stops at 16% and shows it is “Running tasksel”. Used “Continue” then Select and Reinstall Software but never makes it past 16%. Using a usb stick to install on a G4, Quicksilver, with an Nvidia GeForce4 MX card.