Linux installation fails because of NVRAM

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Linux installation fails because of NVRAM

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Hello,
I'm installing the last version of Debian for PowerPC (https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/) in a virtual machine, created with AQEMU :

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/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc \
    -monitor stdio \
    -k fr \
    -machine accel=tcg \
    -m 512 \
    -drive file="/home/david/Documents/debian-10.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso",if=ide,media=cdrom \
    -drive file="/home/david/Documents/Debian + LXDE sur iMac G3.vmdk",if=ide,media=disk \
    -boot once=d,menu=off \
    -net nic,macaddr=00:e0:4c:2c:09:45,model=rtl8139 \
    -net user \
    -net user,smb=/home/david/Bureau \
    -rtc base=localtime \
    -name "Debian + LXDE sur iMac G3" \
    -M mac99
The installation works fine, excepted at the end, I've got this error :
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This is an error with setting the contents of NVRAM. My emulated machine does not provide an accurate emulation of the NVRAM present in PowerMacs which is why the command fails.
Is there a solution ?
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Re: Linux installation fails because of NVRAM

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You'll have to provide a lot more information... AQEMU is just a front end GUI. What version of QEMU are you running with it?

Also, QEMU doesn't properly emulate the NVRAM; there's an error that comes up when booting OS X too. As long as you populate OpenBIOS correctly, it shouldn't matter; but you'll probably need to populate some variables in OpenBIOS so Debian can find them and boot appropriately.

On here, we mostly focus on running Mac OSes... but on the QEMU website is the command line that boots Buster:

https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Pla ... 8Buster.29
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Re: Linux installation fails because of NVRAM

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$ qemu-system-ppc --version
QEMU emulator version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.15)
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Re: Linux installation fails because of NVRAM

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Follow what Cat_7 said in the other thread... compile a newer QEMU and try the arguments he suggested in viewtopic.php?p=67080#p67080
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