Dear d-i team, I finally managed to install debian with a much simpler protocol :
- Download the latest ppc64 debian-installer[1]; - boot, enter 'install'; - proceed until it complains that yaboot can not be installed; - Alt-F2 to open a console, chroot /target - edit /etc/apt/sources-list, and change 'testing' to 'sid' - apt-get update && apt-get install yaboot - alt-F1, install bootloader, and proceed. [1] http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/ppc64/2005-12-09/powerpc64/netboot64/mini.iso The resulting system can be booted, and needs the option 'video=ofonly' to avoid a frustrating black screen. However, it is as unstable as the system obtained by dist-upgrading to sid. It eventually freezes, with sometime a character chain being printed contunuously on the screen, so it is not a keyboard bug. I have strictly no idea of what to do to solve this one... What puzzles me is that the installer itself is stable... Is there a fundamental difference between the installer and the installed kernels? -- Charles
