Bug#69157: boot-floppies: boot-floppy creation fails on PowerPC
On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 02:43:11PM -0700, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> ADC> *shrug*. You can have more than one floppy disk. For
> ADC> instance, a parallel port or SCSI floppy. You're being
> ADC> too narrow in your focus.
>
> I think that you're being too general -- the installer in question
> is allegedly PowerMac specific. Many PowerMacs don't even have
> *one* floppy, let alone two.
>
> There's nothing in the dialogs or the documentation to suggest
> that the floppy drive in question is anything but a built-in 3.5"
> 1.44 MB floppy drive. The installer clearly tries to use
> /dev/floppy, and doesn't provide you with an opportunity to tell
> it to use some other device.
Perhaps it would if you had more than one.
> Me> ``Creating a boot floppy is still not possible for
> Me> PowerPC/PowerMac''
> Me>
> Me> It isn't? Then why does the installer waste our time
> Me> pretending that it was?
>
> ADC> Because the installer runs on other powerpc architectures
> ADC> which are less proprietary and have proper floppy support.
>
> You can install Debian on an IBM RS6000 using the PowerMac
> installer disk? I doubt it.
You're right in that it should not ask the option. But it is the same
compiled program used for both - even just using the powermac rescue
disk would almost certainly work.
Dan
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