On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:58:16PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > > Using this "businesscard" install disk: > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/ > > Daily build #2 for powerpc, using installer build from sid > These images will install the testing version of Debian, currently Lenny. > See the top-level daily directory for more information about the daily builds. > This build finished at Fri Feb 1 21:27:24 UTC 2008. > Name Last modified Size > > Parent Directory - > MD5SUMS 01-Feb-2008 22:27 143 > SHA1SUMS 01-Feb-2008 22:27 159 > debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso 01-Feb-2008 22:25 59M > debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso.zsync 01-Feb-2008 22:27 207K > debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso 01-Feb-2008 22:27 181M > debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso.zsync 01-Feb-2008 22:27 316K > > Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) Server at cdimage.debian.org Port 80 > > It was a nominal installation until it came time to write a boot loader. It > presented me with a top-level installer menu, with "Install GRUB boot loader" > hilighted. > > Since GRUB is for x86, not PowerPC, this was odd. I hit <enter> and it > immediately returned to the same menu with "GRUB" still hilighted, apparently > having done > nothing useful. > > I then skipped the "GRUB" menu item and told it to install YABOOT (the next > item on the menu), and all proceeded as expected from there. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-powerpc > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Grub does exist for powerpc, grub2 http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/grub2.html but as that page says it has an unsatisfiable dependency right now for powerpc so its broken. Has there been any progress on this since: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2007/10/msg00057.html ? I would still like to use it on my powerpcs. Thanks very much. Nick Schmalenberger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
