Yesterday I tried an installation again myself to see whether it is still possible. At the moment it is not working successfully as some packages are in a broken state. To spare you the frustration I tell you here right now, that you better wait installing MintPPC using the net, i.e. with debian installer images.
I have a new idea to know in a better way whether there is a chance of successful installation.
I will try to make a test system on my spare PowerBook G4 with all the packages, required during installation with the preseed file. If that is done I will update and upgrade the packages which are in that system and monitor the status. If there are held back packages, I know that the installation will not work. If the system is clean, the chance is high that it will work. I am willing to announce a clean status in this blog when it arrives. It will be easier then for you to go for a netinstallation.
Good news for you, vim-tiny has update so the broken dependence problem of vim library has be solved, you can try the installation once more
Thanks for reporting. Unfortunately I have no time now. I will try tomorrow evening.
Do you also have the kept back package libgd3?
I don’t have this file in kept back list
That is a good sign. I will check tonight. It might mean MintPPC may be installed by the netinstaller.
Installation in progress now…
The installation was successful!
It seems vim is the root of problem.
Installed MintPPC on a PowerMac G4 400MHz (radeon 9800Pro, 1.2 GB memory), a PowerMac G4 MDD (2x870MHz, radeon 7000, 1.2 GB memory) and a PowerMac G4 (1400MHz, Nvidia FX 5200, 2GB memory) thanks to your instructions, Jeroen, and they all work well! Thank you much for that!
I have a few issues with the repositories and their signature verification, but I am in the process of understanding and fixing these. Best, Georges
Excellent news Georges! Did you go for manual installation or did you do the Grub hack in expert mode?
I think I may have done both actually. Definitely installation of Debian sid (https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-klant.nl/installation/installing-debian-sid-lxde/), plus your manual installation method (https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-klant.nl/installation/manual-installation-mintppc/) for adding the Mint layer on top of Debian sid. Not sure I understand what you refer with “Grub hack”, although I do remember using another of your methods as well, copying or dd’ing a working installation that you prepared some while ago. I do not hesitate trying multiple avenues, since I am using cheap 62GB SD cards in IDE to SD adapters.