Dear maintainters, I finally managed to install a boot loader. To do so, I booted in rescue mode, mounted the root partition in /target, and upgraded to sid.
Here are the details - Boot on the install cd, type rescue, and press return. - Answer the trivial questions about hostname, and select the partition where the root system is installed. - In my case, if I open a shell through the installer's menu, the console has critical failures in display and keyboard input, especially if I want to use a text editor, so I opened the shell on the second console, which is OK (is it because I am not using the "C" locale?) - mount /sys ; mount /proc - vi /etc/apt/sources.list ; substitute unstable to testing - aptitude update ; aptitude dist-upgrade - mv /etc/yaboot.conf /etc/yaboot.conf_ - yabootconfig ; ybin - reboot The resulting system is bootable and, not so surprisingly, unstable. The ethernet network fails to start, and the keyboard eventually freezes after a few minutes. But I suppose I shall discuss this on the debian-ppc list? Nevertheless, I kept a second partition, so that I can test the installer when it will contain the yaboot package of sid. Best, -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]