Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

Hi Efraim,

On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 10:25:56 +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> I know the powerbook and ibook are different machines, but I was able to
> boot my ibook off a USB stick. I'll drop the link here in case it does
> actually work for you.
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2023/10/msg00024.html

Tried that - the left USB port seems to be usb1, usb0 would be on the right
side then, I guess.

(What may help to find the right device is the "dev / ls" command of OF,
which will show the "disk@1" being attached to some "usb@1b,1" (I moved 
the stick to the right port) sub-structure of a "pci@f200000" bus, and
the "devalias" command which shows that "usb0" belongs to that.)

But, even if I specify the right path, OF just hangs on the boot command.
(If I choose the wrong "usbx" at least I get an error message.)
Or am I just lacking some extra backslashes?
Is this OF too old to do this job / to handle powerpc.elf?


Got to re-read https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2012/08/msg00042.html
next.


Thanks so far -

 Steffen