On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >>To be honest, it may be too late for Wheezy, but I guess it depends on >>how big the changes would be. > >I'm quite impressed with the effort you-all have put in on isolinux >and grub for x86. > >The yaboot bootloader for PowerPC doesn't have so much flexibility, >so if it is to be done, it has to be done brute force. Fortunately, >brute force works in this case.
OK, cool! >All that's necessary to allow people to set the preferred desktop at >install time is to add the following couple of sentences to /install/boot.msg >: > > The following desktop environments are available: > gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome. > If you prefer a different one, append > "desktop=<your choice>" > E.g. to do an expert install with the xfce desktop > environment, type > "expert desktop=xfce" > at the "boot:" prompt. > >Would it help if I submit a wishlist bug report? If so, which package? The message there comes from debian-cd, so I'm simply adding it now. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
