Re: [srivasta@debian.org: Re: Bug#100579: kernel-image should not run quik on NewWorld PowerMacs]
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:05:50AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > So, this problem is hopefully fixed for pmac architectures. Could
> > anyone tell me what problems they've had on non-pmac PowerPC
> > architectures?
>
> someone, i don't remember who said it tried to run lilo, which is
> totally bizzare since there are no lilo binaries that can exist on
> powerpc (and yes he made sure something called lilo didn't somehow get
> dropped in /sbin).
That was me.
> > I'm looking at the kernel-package code now, and it seems likely that
> > it would break on APUs, Amiga,
APUS stands for Amiga PowerUP System, so APUS _is_ Amiga BTW. As far as
powerpc is concerned, anyway.
> > MBX, and PReP (by defaulting to running LILO). Can anyone confirm this?
Yes. Not a big deal on APUS though as we don't have a real bootloader, we just
say no to all LILO questions.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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