On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 08:53:30AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Solution is to fix partman-prep, and see if yaboot-installer behaves > > > > then, or > > > > to see if the excessive ramdisk size created by initramfs-tools caused > > > > the > > > > compressed kernel + builtin initrd to cause trouble with the OFs > > > > installer. > > > > > > My bet would be on the latter. That should be fairly easy to test. > > > > partman is one of the most ugly and spaguetti-like code to play with, i wish > > you luck with it. > > Never said I'd play with partman. I'll test a recent netboot CD, and > I'll play with yaboot size limits, that's all. > > > Nope, the size limit seems to be in the kernel+builtin initrd put onto the > > prep partition. > > I don't understand why there is any need to place kernel and ramdisk on > the PREP boot partition at all.
Well, it should work, the problem is that yaboot-installer is hosed, probably because of the partman-prep issue. Fix partman-prep, and all should be fine. Friendly; Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
