Bug#57369: PowerPC documentation inaccurate
Package: boot-floppies
Version: current
Severity: normal
The boot-floppies documentation for PowerPC is woefully out of date. It
needs updated for CHRP, PowerMac, and PReP platforms. Things missing
include platform specific instructions for preinstallation requirements,
media that can be installed from, types of bootloaders available, firmware
specific instructions, types of media that can be installed from, proper
installation images to use for each platform, types of console (headed/
non-headed) that can be used, special powerpc specific packages of note
(like powerpc-utils etc.), and lists of machine models that comply with
each supported architecture. When/if APUS support is complete the
documentation needs to support that subarch as well.
There are seperate documents containing some of this information that can
be merged into the official documentation.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux beef 2.2.12 #1 Tue Jun 15 21:54:15 MST 1999 ppc
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