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Spectre660 wrote:@caseycullen

I will try to do a fresh install as a test also .
I was just able to update my current installation .

As far as I remember I never had to edit the repositories.

I was also able to update my current installation today and I also never had to edit the repositories.

Screenshot:

The correct mirror ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports is auto selected by the preseed script in the X5000 ramdisk .
So it should not mater if you do a base install or a full install .

right am back to the hard disk for the time being, ill sort out the SSD/SATA controller issue another time but...... this time i have another issue and the same as the one Caseycullen has reported for PPC64 Debian 9/Sid

using the new installer i can install the first bit after partitioning, however i cant seem to download anything from the package manager. It asks me to configure the package manager manually so i have literally spent the past hour or so going through every address on this list

https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

i am assuming that where you enter mirror hostname it is along the lines of ftp.ports.debian.org and when prompted for the debian archive mirror directory it will be along the lines of /debian/ as on the list or /debian-ports/ as per Julian's suggestion.

with the ftp.ports.debian.org hostname i get the installer failed to access the mirror this may be a problem with your network or with the mirror

with all the other mirrors it says the architecture is not supported

suffice to say if i bypass this i only get the very basic package which loads into bash and i cant seem to do any sudo apt-get update or much else.


any ideas here what can be done?

current kernel assuming this makes a difference 4.14.15

@outrun1978

I am about to start a test installation so will report back on what happens .

ok am off to bed so ill pick this back up in the morning UK time, its nearly 2am here lol

and thanks!!

Just press the "enter" key when the installer asks for a mirror .
It will take the correct mirror for the preseed file .
Simple as that

Have added the info above under the download links in bold type .

Installation went smoothly.
So only extra thing required is to just press the enter key when the request for a mirror comes up instead of trying to enter a mirror.

How much data need to be downloaded if you install Debian 9 PPC64 with the netinstaller CD?

The new iso and uRamdisk worked; thanks so much!
Do I need to install firmware for hardware accelleration or create an xorg? Its a Radeon HD6870 so hardware accelleration should work...
---Casey

@caseycullen

Best option to enable the hardware acceleration and still have the option to boot with a Radeon SI card if needed is to
rename /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so.bak .
also /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be removed or renamed to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak .
This allows the Xorg server to automatically handle the configuration .