Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

tags 678066 +pending
thanks

On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 01:22:19PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>On 08/04/2012 12:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:56:54PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>>> This is a Debian installation ${MEDIA_TYPE},
>>> built on ${BUILD_DATE}.
>>>
>>> +
>>> Enter one of the following options to begin:
>>>
>>> -install     32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
>>> -install64   64-bit processor (G5 or IBM POWER3/4/5)
>>> -expert      expert mode on 32-bit processor
>>> -expert64    expert mode on 64-bit processor
>>> +install     64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7)
>>> +install32   32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
>> 
>> Is there a reason why you've dropped mention of the "expert" options
>> here?
>> 
>
>Just to simplify the first screen. User has to pres TAB to see a full
>list of options, which is: install, expert, rescue, auto, install32,
>expert32, rescue32 and auto32.

ACK, ok. That's fair enough. Committing now so that the regular builds
will start to use it. Assuming that they test OK, will go into another
debian-cd package upload before wheezy.

Thanks!

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
Is there anybody out there?