On 5/2/21 3:21 PM, Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the > 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ image to CD on a newer iMac (2017). > When I boot the iMac G5 holding the ‘Option’ key down with the CD > inserted, the G5 doesn’t recognise the CD as a bootable CD. I then did > the same with the 'debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-ppc64el-DVD-1.iso’. Till the > same problem. I was able to install Ubuntu Mate 16.04 for powerpc > without any problem. > > Can you please help me to solve this problem? >
Hi Pat, Debian has 3 architecture for powerpc : - ppc64el (official) - powerpc (unofficial) - ppc64 (unofficial) Only official architectures have testing and stable branches. Unofficial architectures have unstable/sid branch only. I'm not sure what computer architecture your old mac belongs to so try to use the same architecture you have used with Ubuntu. Kind regards Georgi
