Bug#275565: Corrections for the installation manual (netboot PPC). Missing yaboot-netboot.conf

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

Package: debian-installer-manual

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Subject: Corrections for the installation manual (netboot PPC). Missing 
yaboot-netboot.conf
Date: Friday 08 October 2004 22:27
From: Niklaus Giger <niklaus.giger@member.fsf.org>
To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org

Hi

I just tried a netboot installation with a PowerMac G3 and found the
 following inconsistencies in the manual
(http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/ch04s05.html)

"For net booting, use the yaboot-netboot.conf. Just rename this to
 yaboot.conf in the TFTP directory. "

I did not found a file  yaboot-netboot.conf on the PPC-cdrom (30.09.04) nor
 in the d-i tree. However the following yaboot.conf works fine for me:
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timeout=100
device=enet:
partition=0
init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot for Debian-Installer (Sarge)"'
default=linux
label=linux
image=/tftpboot/vmlinux
initrd=/tftpboot/initrd.gz
append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
initrd-size=10240
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Please add to 'Next, place the TFTP boot image you need, as found in Section
4.2.1, “Where to Find Installation Images",
a sentence like:
"Verify that you selected a netbootable kernel. Kernel to boot from a CD will
fail."

Best regards

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Niklaus Giger
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