Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Peter Lieverdink
Package: debian-installer Severity: important The beta4 and tc1 ppc iso images don't have a bootable floppy image for oldworld PPC macs that cannot boot off the CD. Additionally, the installer is unable to actually make these Macs bootable from HD. I've had no luck with manually configuring

Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 07:57:56PM +1000, Peter Lieverdink wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important The beta4 and tc1 ppc iso images don't have a bootable floppy image for oldworld PPC macs that cannot boot off the CD. Correct. This is known, but pretty hard to fix since miBoot

Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Rick_Thomas
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 05:57, Peter Lieverdink wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important The beta4 and tc1 ppc iso images don't have a bootable floppy image for oldworld PPC macs that cannot boot off the CD. Additionally, the installer is unable to actually make these Macs

Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Peter Lieverdink
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 05:05, Rick_Thomas wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 05:57, Peter Lieverdink wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important The beta4 and tc1 ppc iso images don't have a bootable floppy image for oldworld PPC macs that cannot boot off the CD. Additionally,

Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Rick_Thomas
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 20:11, Peter Lieverdink wrote: I wonder if it would be useful for the installer to display a big, red, blinking screen on oldworld Macs, informing the user that a minimal MacOS install would be a Real Good Idea[tm]. I agree it would be nice, but how? If you can't boot

Bug#252426: ppc cd images missing oldworld mac boot floppies

2004-06-03 Thread Rick_Thomas
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 20:11, Peter Lieverdink wrote: That's because quik and miboot are deemed by the Debains to be politically incorrect. Hmm, but quick *is* installed by the installer, out of the main archives. I guess I could be wrong about quik (or maybe the political correctness