Op 20-nov-09 schreef Marcus Meissner:
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 01:35:18PM +0100, Klaas. wrote:
Op 19-nov-09 schreef Stephen Michael Kellat:
Larry Stotler wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Klaas. <kplists@xs4all.nl> wrote:
Can someone in the know (Marcus?) please give a description how to get an openSuse 11.2 install om a PPC, PowerMac G5 1.8 dual in my case. I downloaded the one CD from the repository, it was dated oktober. It would not boot. I am totally confused about the use of Factory. So please some coaching and handholding and maybe I can get some use out of this beast (the most expensive and least usable Mac that I bought). There is an openSuse 11.1 system on it, but corrupt it keeps reloading the desktop. Waited for 11.2 and now this.
You could try changing your repos to the ones in this directory:
http://powerpc.opensuse.org/factory/repo/
and then doing a:
zypper dup
to update to the latest factory. Evidently Official PPC support has been dropped from openSUSE.
Maybe someone could clarify this? Olaf? Andreas?
Thanx
I tried to use the net install disc for PPC to set up my G4. It did not have a pre-existing install of openSUSE. The net install disc refused to boot at all as if it did not even have yaboot or similar on it.
The same situation for me:
- the /powerpc.opensuse.org/factory/iso contains 1 iso file from 14-oct-2009, which I burned to CD and tried to boot, but got nowhere.
- the /powerpc.opensuse.org/factory/repo contains more recent stuff but it is a mystery to me how I can create an installation for my PowerPC from this.
I have the feeling that I may need just a few pointers to get started and then go from there. So once more, please give some guidance in this mailing list (or point me to the subject documentation, please...)
I dont have that much knowledge, but you should be able to do a openfirmware netboot of the http://powerpc.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/suseboot/inst64 image (or inst32 on 32bit sysrtems) and then point the installer do a network copy of the oss repo.
Ciao, Marcus
Marcus, Thank you for the reply. I worked on your suggestion but somehow I can't get my brain around it. I located the inst64 module, but when I visualised how to boot from this remote address during the openfirmware boot I somehow can't imagine that the network is available at that time. So I copied the module to my system (a Mac OS X) and tried to load it on CD so that it can be used at boottime. Rebooted the system but apparently I didn't manage to make the CD bootable. So now I need some advice on how to make a bootable CD with just this inst64 module on? Or any other suggestion will be as welcome! greetings, Klaas. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org