Re: testing beyond Intel [PATCH]
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 03:28:53PM -0500, Rick_Thomas wrote:
> Sven & Frans,
>
> Maybe this is where I can be of most help.
>
> I am a native speaker of English and have been told that my written
> prose is clear and readable. I've been doing UNIX system administration
> (with occasional forays into system programming -- kernels & utilities)
> for 30 years (starting with Bell Labs seventh edition UNIX on PDP-11s)
> I'm just getting started with Debian, so I'll bring a fresh point of
> view to the topic.
>
> I'm a computer networking hobbyist with a particular penchant for old
> Macs, which I get more-or-less free from my employer when users upgrade
> to newer models.
>
> I would like to start by going over the PowerPC debian-installer manual
> with a fine toothed comb, trying to follow the directions to install
> sarge on one or more of my test machines. I'll report what I find, and
> ask questions on the debian-boot list. Then I'll write the results up
> as proposed modifications to the manual. If you like what you see, we
> can talk about eventually getting me access to make changes directly to
> the source documents.
>
> Would that be helpful?
Yes, that would be extremely helpfull, i think. Please CC me too with
those change though.
Main problem is that oldworld don't yet work out of the box with d-i,
but if you have an older new world box, this would be a good start.
We would need updated entries for prep, chrp/pegasos and rs6k boxes too.
First general thing that needs updated, is the kernel information.
Please ask me questions, and look at :
http://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kernel-patch-2.4.25-powerpc.html
For the available packages.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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