On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:51:17AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 2.2.23 > Severity: important > > I had occasion to install using the potato 2.2.23 version of boot-floppies > on an oldworld. The quik 'Make Hard Disk Bootable' in that version is > unusable. I ended up booting the 3.0.16 installer just to use its make Hard > Disk Bootable menu item, and it worked fine. > > So if it hasn't already been done, I think that item should be backported. > It makes the difference between a successful oldworld install and a > disappointing failure. i fixed the problem where the quik.conf that was generated was broken (pointing image= at a symlink). but i have not and will not backport the nvram changing code, the ofpath in potato is far too broken, and drow has made it abundently clear that backporting a newer yaboot to potato is not going to happen (i seriously doubt the release manager would allow it anyway). i also fixed the potato make bootable step to refuse to run on newworlds. beyond these changes thats all thats going to change on potato boot-floppies. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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