On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 10:21:23AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > On Friday 14 July 2006 14:55, Rick Thomas wrote: > > This bug (258545) can be closed as "wont fix". It's not reasonable > > (or possible -- I think) to do what I wanted and what your revised > > bug title asks for. > > We can detect hfs-partitions, thats where bootx lives. os-prober already does > this. Now the thing left to do is to find bootx :) IIRC (please correct / add > more details) it's in a directory called bootx?
It can technically be anywhere the user wants, in traditional Apple style (that being "If the user wants to make a mess of their hard disk, then that should be their prerogative"). > And there is a bootx binary of which name? "BootX App" (without the quotes, but with the space). There is also a BootX extension, which, if it is in use, is to be found in the System Folder (but I don't use it, so can't tell you what the file name would appear to be from Linux). > > What has been done recently (making d-i install > > quik instead of yaboot on OldWorld machines, and accommodating BootX > > users by making "install bootloader" skip-able in "expert" mode) is > > an acceptable substitute. > > Ok, if it's not possible to detect an existing bootx installation, what I > somewhat doubt, I'll close it then. But first I'll wait for your reply :) > > > > Please provide a patch for a better wording. > > I don't believe it's reasonable to ask for changes to BootX, but > > that's where the bug is. The wording in the d-i message is fine the > > way it is. Sorry if I made it sound that there was something wrong > > with d-i. > > Ah, ok :) > > > regards, > Holger -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]