Bug#261463: Missing drivers on powerpc 2.6 businesscard install

[Rick_Thomas <rbthomas@fileserver.rcthomas.org>]

Package: installation-reports

powerpc 20040724 businesscard

OldWorld PowerMac kernel-2.6

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version:
	sid_d-i/powerpc/20040724/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso


Comments/Problems:

The powerpc 2.6 kernel version of the d-i is missing drivers (modules
or built-in) for Mac floppy disks and SCSI CD-ROM drives.

Installing on a PowerMac/6500 with a TEAC SCSI CD-RW drive, I had to
use the 2.4 kernel because the 2.6 kernel couldn't find a driver for
the CD.

Installing on a beige G3 minitower, I couldn't write the log files to
a floppy, because there was no /dev/floppy (or /dev/fd*, or
whatever...) device.  The lack of a builtin driver or a module driver
is probably why every time the d-i scans for hardware, it asks to load
the floppy driver (and, according to the logs, fails to do so).


Rick