Re: Boot issues with debian-installer on ppc64

Hello Niels,

this should be discussed on the mailing list, CC'ing it.

On Wed, 2025-01-15 at 23:16 +0100, Niels de Vries wrote:
> Found this issue here 
> (https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg71505.html)
> This issue is still current, so the main ppc64 installer that you would 
> download is at the moment not bootable, at least not on my 2.0 GHz 
> dualcore (970MP).

Yes, the underlying issue has not been fixed yet although it has been identified.

> I did some searching on the internet and found quite a few people having 
> the same problem, tho, it appears that most people are also on 970MP 
> systems. Either dual-cores or quad models. but I'm not sure if it's 
> limited to these or is the 970(FX) also has this issue.
> 
> At the moment I am downloading an old debian 11 iso to see if that works.

Using an image that old is not necessary. Use the image from 18/06/2023:

- https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso

> Do you know if anyone is still working on this, or where I can report it?

Yes, it's been tracked here:

- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085949


Adrian

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