Bug#241516: d-i oldworld mac: floppies fail on 4400/200 and 7200/75

[Rick_Thomas <rbthomas@rcthomas.org>]

Colin,

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 18:06, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:40:37PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > it always tries to install yaboot (even though archdetect says it's an
> > oldworld machine.  I think something's broken in the yaboot installer) 
> > I've filed a bug report.
> 
> Hang on, are you saying that it always tries to install *yaboot*, not
> *yaboot-installer*? I thought you meant the latter. In that case, yes,
> debootstrap always installs yaboot on powerpc. yaboot-installer needs to
> be fixed to apt-install it before beta4 (so that we don't break beta4
> testing), then debootstrap can stop installing it.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
> 

I apologize in advance for my ignorance.  I don't know the difference
between "install yaboot" and "yaboot-installer".  I just try it and
report what I think I see.  My lack of knowledge of the detailed
internals seems to have caused some confusion.

This weekend, I have already promised to try out the latest boot floppy
images.  I will keep a detailed log of everything that happens and post
it here.  I sincerely hope this will help you figure out what needs to
be done.

Thanks!

Rick