On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 01:27:15AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hello, > > as I don't have the time to dig into debian-installer to write a > quik-installer by myself, I would like to explain what I think is needed. > > btw, isn't mkvmlinux (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mkvmlinuz) > suitable to create boot floppies for oldworld ?! (I currently don't have a > monitor for my oldworld mac but I'll get one until the weekend.)
I'm in a similar situation and will try it soon; I only heard about mkvmlinuz today. > d-i installer installs quik just fine, and quik (at least for my powermac > 4400/200) creates a good quik.conf, except for the refered link to > /boot/vmlinux. /boot/vmlinux-2.4.25-powerpc-small exists, but the link to > /boot/vmlinux is missing. I think this is a bug in > kernel-image-powerpc-small. No, we can fix this in rootskel, and we need to fix it anyway for yaboot (see a couple of merged bugs against yaboot-installer). I've got the change in my working copy, and it just needs testing. > I know bash well and perl a little, but (by now) I have no clue about d-i > although I had a brief look at debian-installer/tools/(*/)*-installer... if > someone would be willing to help start with a quik-installer I would happily > help that person and (co-)maintain it and collect open firmware settings for > specific mac models. I'll try to check in what I've got over the weekend, unfinished and untested though it is. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
