Bug#345467: debian-installer: powerpc root disk-image is too big to fit onto a floppy

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 05:28:00PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: important
> 
> I intend to (re)install Debian onto a PowerPC OldWorld machine and,
> essentially, the only option that I have here is to use floppies.
> 
> I was talking with Sven Luther on debian-powerpc and he recommended me
> to use the daily builds of debian-installer, but when I visited his page
> (p.d.o/~luther/d-i/sid/images/*/powerpc/floppy/), I saw that,
> unfortunately, the root disk-image is too big to fit onto a floppy,
> unfortunately.
> 
> So, this means that I can't actually install Debian on this box, using
> both the current installer in sarge (which doesn't boot on oldworlds),
> nor the current installer that's being worked on.
> 
> I'd really love to have d-i working on ow ppc's.

Sarge's 2.4 floppies should work.

Friendly,

Sven Luther