Neil Williams wrote:
Another issue for powerpc is that yaboot does not seem to be in the grip repository. Yaboot is a bootloader for "newworld powermacs" - all powerpc macs that use openfirmware. This does not apply for intel based macs which can use grub-efi. powerpc macs can not use grub.How do I get emdebian keys into the installer so that installation can continue without errors ?I'll try and find out. For now, if you want to get a working system running Emdebian Grip, one way that does work is to let the installer use a standard Debian mirror, install Debian as normal and then change your sources to Emdebian Grip and dist-upgrade. That's what I did with my Acer Aspire1. Not ideal, I know - I'll try and find out about keys and d-i.
Is emdebian going to worry about boot-loaders ??? grub, yaboot, uboot, etc ???I either have to install yaboot manually, or specify a debian repository with a lower priority than emdebian. Can that be done if using the same disto (eg. unstable ?). Maybe I will specify testing for the debian repo and unstable for the emdebian repo.
Of course, as you mention, doing a proper debian install first, then dist-upgrade to emdebian is the other way. It's an probably easier process, but conceptually would be good to avoid :)
Can we get yaboot gripped please and put in the grip repo.