Bug#273573: powerpc floppy root image larger than 1.44MB
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20040801 (powerpc-small)
I downloaded
ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/linux/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc-small/floppy/
for installation on an old prep box. current is a symlink to 20040801
That image is larger than 1.44MB, and does not fit on a standard
1.44MB floppy. This means it's impossible to install sarge on at least
my IBM 7248-133, without hacking the installer*, as there are no
working split-ramdisk patch for 2.4.
Is it possible to reduce the floppy by some 40Kb?
Ingvar
*) I hacked the installer by drastically reducing the size of
netcfg.templates, removing anything but en_US, making the image some
kb below the magic marker. The installer worked quit smoothly even on
this quite archaic hardware. Thanks for the great work.
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