On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 03:54:40PM +0200, Thorsten Sauter wrote: > * simon raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-27 15:31]: > | that OldWorld PPC sub-arch will not be supported directly in the new > | installer. > > maybe you can tell us, what is needed to support oldworld machines > instead of writing such emails. > > We are working to support must PowerPC machines, but no one of us has > such an oldworld machine. > > For systems which doesn't support devfs there is a devfs wrapper, which > handle such archs.
I have some that can be used for testing, but don't understand all that might be needed to make it work. Two things right off the bat, though: 1) Oldworlds need proprietary code to boot CDs, and normally need to install from a 1.44 floppy, but the standard 2.4 image doesn't fit; and 2) yaboot doesn't work -- quik is the free solution for booting. BootX can be used to boot from a MacOS installation, but many people prefer not to have MacOS installed or don't have system disks. At one time there were plans to support oldworlds in yaboot, but I haven't heard any news lately; there are no announcements at the yaboot website regarding it AFAIK. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]