On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:27:28PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > > > 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. > > Has anybody tried now ? ;)
Not done yet ... > > > 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. > > Could you please point me to the exact location in rootskel's code? I just had > a brief look at the contents of rootskel_0.75.tar.gz but couldn't find it. It's in debian/templates-arch. I've made the change in rootskel 0.76, not yet released. > > > 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. > > That's great! Until then I'll examine the build at > http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer/daily-powerpc-built/2004.05.15/powerpc-small/floppy/ > and post the results. Well, not quite "over the weekend", but I've checked it in now in packages/arch/powerpc/quik-installer. You'll need to build images containing it yourself. I think it's probably far too late in the release process to be worrying about collecting OpenFirmware settings; I'd just like this to work at all for anyone. My apologies to translators for this coming a couple of hours late for the string freeze. I tried to sweeten the pill by seeding the translations with those from yaboot-installer, which should be a good start. Still, if it doesn't make it then I guess it doesn't make it. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
