Bug#67888: netwinder/arm port shouldn't ask about maintaining 2.0 compatability
On Sun Aug 27, 2000 at 11:12:45AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: N/A
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > The debian installer for potato worked just fine on the netwinder, one I
> > convinced it to tftp boot the provided netwinder-rescue image. One hitch
> > though -- the question about maintaining 2.0 compatability for the ext2 fs
> > should be removed and forced to "yes". Answering "no" causes the netwinder's
> > firmware (which is just a stripped down linux kernel) to be unable to read the
> > filesystem -- so it is unable to boot the system. Not that big a deal though.
>
> Ok, granted. But how do I know the machine is a netwinder and not a say
> Acorn box? I can't use "if arch != arm". For the moment I've added some
> text to the arm port.
That is probably sufficient,
-Erik
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