[archppc] How stable is it ?

I have a MacMini (G4 processor) currently running Debian. I use it as a home server (http, ftp, svn). The thing is... I can't stand Debian anymore. I really love Arch but I don't know if the ppc version is stable enough to be installed on a little server, and I can't find linux ppc equivalents to arch.
So, what do you think ? Should I go for ArchPPC or should I really avoid it ? If so, what distro do you recommand ?

Ok, here's my installation report
I used Installation on newworld machines document. Evrything went great before this part :
4) Create a chrooted archlinuxppc
- Mount chroot
mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs none /mnt/sys
mount /mnt /bin/bash
source /etc/profile
udevstart
The line mount /mnt /bin/bash should be chroot /mnt /bin/bach. Then udevstart doesn't exists anymore, it's /etc/start_udev
The problem is : I can't start udev unless the kernel is installed. So I jumped to the next step :
5) Edit configuration files
file /etc/fstab; /etc/rc.conf, /etc/yaboot.conf, /etc/hosts
You should add file /etc/resolv.conf else pacman runs in trouble when trying to download packages (can't resolve host).
I stopped to this step because I'm lost :
6) Install kernel & openssh
pacman -Sy kernel26-pmac openssh
Pacman works, except that it can't generate initrd image :
[root@arch-ppc /]# mkinitrd auto
Checking Input...
Making image for standard Arch kernel (2.6.16-ARCH)...
Setting up Parameters...
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH found
ERROR: All of your loopback devices are in use!
If you any idea of what I could do to fix it, I would be pleased to try it.
Thanks in advance !

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