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Re: new installer



> 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

so you make one that fits. initrd the hell out of it and tweak cramfs 
so it compresses more. or you use 2.2.x to boot it, and toss devfs out
(like you should anyway), and in the
whatever-is-the-equivalent-to-the-basedebs.tar or the netinst, you
download a 2.4.x kernel. i don't see why you should need to use devfs
when you can use syscalls and/or get info from proc and the OF devices. 

> 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.

quik is busted. it works, but it's FUBAR - we all know that and there
are some oldworlds that are going to be supported in yaboot2. if you
folks had bothered to contact the yaboot maintainer, you would have
known that. 

> 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.

see my above.


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