Re: new installer
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 03:54:40PM +0200, Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> * simon raven <simon@nuit.ca> [2003-09-27 15:31]:
> | that OldWorld PPC sub-arch will not be supported directly in the new
> | installer.
>
> maybe you can tell us, what is needed to support oldworld machines
> instead of writing such emails.
>
> We are working to support must PowerPC machines, but no one of us has
> such an oldworld machine.
>
> For systems which doesn't support devfs there is a devfs wrapper, which
> handle such archs.
I have some that can be used for testing, but don't understand all
that might be needed to make it work. Two things right off the bat,
though:
1) Oldworlds need proprietary code to boot CDs, and normally need to
install from a 1.44 floppy, but the standard 2.4 image doesn't fit; and
2) yaboot doesn't work -- quik is the free solution for booting.
BootX can be used to boot from a MacOS installation, but many people
prefer not to have MacOS installed or don't have system disks.
At one time there were plans to support oldworlds in yaboot, but I
haven't heard any news lately; there are no announcements at the
yaboot website regarding it AFAIK.
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