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Re: Removing partman-ext2r0



On 12/14/2013 05:33 AM, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> I just removed support for Cobalt devices from the installer as these
> devices are extremely old now and there are problems with the boot
> loader.
> 
> We still have partman-ext2r0.  This package was created to generate a
> revision 0 ext2 filesystem, which is required to boot on 2 systems:
> Netwinder (ARM) and Cobalt (MIPS).
> 
> Neither Netwinder nor Cobalt devices are supported by the installer
> anymore, so I suggest we remove partman-ext2r0.  Any objections?
> 

If I remember it right, Pegasos II needs revision 0 ext2 filesystem to
boot off. Debian is still running and installing fine on Pegasos II
machines.

Milan


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