On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:27:11PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:59:43PM -0400, Rahul Jain wrote: > > > The PPC users only started complaining a week before that. (Good think, too, > > since next week I start my job where I'll be playing with Linux 2.4 on an > > SMP > > RS/6000. Unfortunately, IBM doesn't have debian as a supported distro...) > > that can be fixed, i think all that is required is boot-floppies > support, please help boot floppies, give us info, send patches, test, > etc.
I don't know if it's an issue of debian not supporting IBM or IBM not supporting debian. For all I know, debian's installer could work find on the box I'll be testing, but unless IBM gives the `thumbs up' to debian, it's not an option as far as my boss is concerned. > even a small start would be helping me get better RS/6000 support in > ybin, since the boot-floppies completely rely on ybin to make > yaboot systems bootable. > > if you don't have a RS/6000 and have some coding exp or know how to > test EXPERIMENTAL BROKEN CODE then testing boot-floppies is a help > too. (emphisis on broken because current boot-floppies code is broken > and not ready for normal users/installs). I can probably help with this _if_ IBM decides to list debian as a supported distro. > anyway if im being subtle boot-floppies always need more help thats > half the reason releases take so long. (its why freezing has not > started yet). yeah, I know this from trying to help Zoltan Kraus get XFS into the boot-floppies. Either no one knows about boot-floppies, or those that do know how messed up it is and don't want to try helping. ;) -- -> -/- - Rahul Jain - -\- <- -> -\- http://linux.rice.edu/~rahul -=- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -/- <- -> -/- "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." - HHGTTG by DNA -\- <- |--|--------|--------------|----|-------------|------|---------|-----|-| Version 11.423.999.220020101.23.50110101.042 (c)1996-2000, All rights reserved. Disclaimer available upon request.
