[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bootloader udeb selection for specific platform



Gerhard Pircher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking into building a custom Debian install CD for a non-supported
> PowerPC platform. The platform doesn't work with any of the available
> bootloaders in Debian. Therefore I would like to create my own bootloader
> udeb package. While I can use one of the available bootloader udebs as
> a base for my work, I didn't find out yet how the installer selects the
> right bootloader for a platform (it seems to load several bootloader
> udebs during an installation). Is this done by preseeding (though I
> could only find preseeding options for grub and lilo) or by some check
> of the architecture/platform string in /etc/cpuinfo?

This is usually done with isinstallable scripts in the udebs's
control.tar.gz. 

-- 
see shy jo

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: