Re: [powerpc] hd-media install, quik-installer
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:30:38 -0400
Daniel Dickinson <alemc.2@bmts.com> wrote:
> Just a couple of quick observations on the powerpc port,
>
> It looks like the quik-installer from sarge worked (I did a sarge
> install as the basis for my development powerpc). I'll do some
> digging to see what's different.
>
> The 2006-06-25 cdrom and hd-based installs for powerpc hang at the
> MMU:exit step of booting the kernel when booted with BootX. I'm not
> sure when this broke; I was using the miBoot floppies for my tests,
> but the previously working images were broken by the abi change, and
> no working floppies have been created since.
>
> The build process for the miBoot floppies is currently broken.
>
> This means oldword powerpc macintosh is currently uninstallable, at
> least on the machines I have access too.
I did some digging and it appears that the last working hd-media
install is from 2006-03-30, which is the last day the 2.6.15-1-powerpc
kernel was used. The odd thing is that the miBoot floppies, which used
the 2.6.16-1-powerpc-miboot kernel, worked fine.
- --
And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early,
now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or
strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore
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