severity 323182 normal thanks mate
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:46:11AM -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable The debian installer works on systems where we[1] have acces to. > boot.img for sarge on powerpc doesn't boot, no matter what i do, what > date i get it from (there's a 20041118/ dir on the site, tried those, > doesn't want to boot either). i've tried both 2.4 and 2.6 floppies, any > machine i stick it in spits it back out without any warning and pops up > a floppy picture with a big X in it. i've tried it with several > downloads and several floppies, all known good, and they just don't > boot, no matter what i do. the bootx option is not possible at this > point in time as i have no bin to store the drive with mock os on it > anywhere, and i shouldn't have to do this on a known otherwise working > machine with sarge on it, with a dead battery, and the other a sid install, > been running since late 2002 (potato->woody). > > i'm trying to rescue these 2 ppc oldworld macs, and without a working > boot.img, > i cannot rescue them at all. I have seen reports of succesfull installs on PowerPC hardware on the debian-boot mailinglist. I have not clear how they boot. It could be a Mac OS boot CD-ROM and some bootstrap. Please report your progress on the rescue of PowerPC hardware. Cheers Geert Stappers [1] We includes you, that is how a community works 8^)
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