Bug#352914: yaboot-installer tries to search for apple partitions on ibm rs6k/pseries hardware

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

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:13:43PM +0200, =?UTF-8?Q? N=C3=B6lle,?= Christian wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> > Judging from your description earlier in this bug, this is entirely
> > unconnected to partman-prep or yaboot-installer; you say it's
> > happening 
> > right at the start of the installer, long before partman starts.
> 
> Yes, sorry for that, maybe I should have filed another bugreport for this one.
> 
> > Could you clarify that when you boot using expert64, you don't even
> > see 
> > the installer main menu, but that it just goes straight into the
> > language selector without giving you any opportunity for interaction?
> 
> Yes, that is the case. System is booting up fine, entering the installer and
> autoselecting the first step in the d-i menu. And so forth, as described.

Have you tried it on something else than apple hardware ? 

yaboot-installer also fails on ibm js21 blades and other power5 boxes.

Friendly,

Sven Luther