Re: Installation, Debian 12, iMac G5, USB thumb driv e => “Your installation media couldn’t be mounted. “

Thanks, John, especially for the detail.

I love this thing. It is a great tool and has already helped me
tremendously with the PowerPC-based IoT devices I have to work on.

I am so thankful to you and all for this distro and help..








On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> On Wed, 2025-09-03 at 08:09 -0400, Joe Flowers wrote:
> > Thanks, Cedar!
> >
> > The machine is working great except for the built-in Ethernet adapter,
> but I can live with the USB to Ethernet dongle.
> >
> > John's response pushed me to the "Guided" setup, and it worked great!
> >
> > Thanks for the GUI recommendations. I have made a note of them.
> >
> >
> > MacOSX is long gone on this machine. ifconfig is not on Debian,
> apparently.
>
> "ifconfig" is still available if you install the net-tools package.
>
> Otherwise, the modern equivalent is "ip", see:
>
> https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/replacing-ifconfig-ip/
>
> Adrian
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