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by Rick Thomas-14 :: Rate this Message:

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Forwarding this to the debian-powerpc list.

Rick



On Mar 23, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:36:54AM -0400, Chad Linthicum wrote:
>> Hello, I followed the Appendix A HowTo for installing Debian on  
>> powerpc machines. I got all the way to the part where it says to  
>> remove your disc and reboot because it is complete. Upon reboot I  
>> see it booting and going through strings of commands. There is a  
>> picture of Tux the penguin at the top. Then the screen just goes  
>> blank. Any help?
>
> What kind of machine is it?
>
> Powerpc isn't just one kind of machine.  The ones I work with can't
> display a penguin since they have no video at all, just serial.
>
> Does booting recovery mode (single user) work?  Maybe it is just X  
> that
> is broken.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen


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