Re: miboot net-install floppies too big
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:47:57PM +0000, rob rob wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a powerpc 6500/275 and am trying to install debian etch with the
> floppy images from ~wouter, or the beta3 from debian for that matter.
> Everything works fine until I insert the net-install.img. Through mail
> contact with piotras, after "erroneously" posting on the
> debootloaders-miboot list, i found out that all the recent net-install
> images are too big for a floppy. I also found the following post which
> makes reference to this fact:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/09/msg00823.html
> Is anybody looking into this?
Allow me to answer with another question (and several subquestions):
How should we read that question?
- Relax, a joke follows. Do you want to beat up the person who is working on it?
- Do you want to hire the person who is working on it?
- Do you want to offer help to the person?
- Do you want to take the job and want to known from who you can expect help?
- Do you want to take the job and want to known who could be offended?
> The boot loader works otherwise up to the net-install part and it's a shame
> if the floppies won't work since the only other way is with a harddisk
> install which is a more complicated.
I have also interest in making installation for Oldworld Macs easy,
however my approach is using a network boot.
(Yes, I have also other interrests.)
> truly, rob
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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