On Sun, Mar 26, 2000, Matt Knopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So after a bit of work, I finally got a kernel that will boot on my Pismo, >which leads me to the next "problem" in the install. I try to do a network >install and to my great joy -- the installer looks for a "PowerBook3,1" >directory in the disks-powerpc/current/ dir.. which um.. just seems wrong. > >(oh, it debands the "PowerBook3,1" kruft if i try installing from a nfs >partition, alreadymounted partition, etc.) > >This is using the ramdisk image under frozen/current The installer should not rely on the "model" property since it changes for every single Apple machine out there. The working way of identifying a powermac is to look at the "motherboard" line in /proc/cpuinfo. It contains a copy of the device-tree "compatible" property which is actually a list of entries. When running on a PowerMac or clone, this property should contain "MacRISC" in one of the entries.
