On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:40:13AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:32:35PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > I tested d-i using BootX. > > Cool. Tell me again though, there are some oldworld pmacs which can't do > this and need miboot, right ? >
The reason we still need the miBoot/floppy solution is that BootX requires MacOS, and lots of people don't have it or don't want to keep it around. > > 3) Start BootX. Set the Options to use a root disk, and Browse to the > > root.bin you just copied in. Make sure the no-video-driver box is > > _not_ checked (at least on my box). Add the boot argument: > > > > init=/linuxrc > > I thought this was not necessary anymore. What is the exact status on > this ? Dunno. The image I used was from Monday ... I don't think they've changed that yet. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net