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Re: powerpc (was Re: Thoughts after an install (well, partway through))



On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:10:51AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> 'make mirror' should still work.
> 
> BTW, why does powerpc wanna build the kernel as part of the
> boot-floppies build.  That's pretty broken...

Without looking, I'd say because making bootable floppies for powermac
(the usual way at least) requires the bootloader from the kernel.  See
arch/ppc/coffboot.

Dan

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