reassign 311143 cdimage.debian.org retitle 311143 Please include BootX in the tools/ directory of PPC CD images thanks
Quoting Anton Graham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On May 29, 2005, at 4:58 AM, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > > > > >>The /tools directory on the PPC Netinst disks contains only Windows/ > >>PC tools. A copy of BootX is critical for OldWorld installs. > >> > > > > > >I may sound stupid because I'm ignorant of PPC things, but is it free > >software ? > > > >Anyway, this is more pertaining to the "cdrom" pseudo-package, I > >guess. > > > > No, it's not stupid :) > > Yes, it is free software AFAIK. It is available at http:// > penguinppc.org/~benh Any questions regarding licensing (there is no > statement regarding licensing on his page) should be directed to Ben. > > I did run across another issue after I got the installer running. > Quik doesn't always work as a boot loader for Old World Macs (I still > don't have it working on my Beige G3). Because of this I have to > continue using BootX to boot my linux system. While this is, in > itself, acceptable, the fact that I had no tools within the installer > to access HFS or HFS+ partitions, I had some interesting issues > trying to get my kernel onto the HFS boot partition. I solved this > by chrooting into the new install to use hfstools. This could have > been avoided by including the kernel module for the hfs filesystem in > one of the packages loaded by the installer. Thanks for the details, Anton. I'm hereby reassigning this bug to what I think is the appropriate pseudo-package to request cd images to includes BootX if possible. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
