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Re: failure installing emdebian grip powerpc on ibook



On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:28:51 +1100
Brendan Simon <Brendan@BrendanSimon.com> wrote:

> 
> I'm just using my G3 iBook as an emdebian test bed :)

Fair enough. :-)
 
> I noticed that grub-of (grub-ieee1275) exists for open-firmware 
> machines.  I have never used it and don't know if it works on powerpc 
> macs - I assume it does ???

Not sure, mine is using yaboot.
 
> Yaboot in emdebian repo will be good :)  hfs-utils also.

OK, that's a Recommends that is dropped in Grip but I can add the
package itself for manual selection.

> I am now reverting to the easy method now - installing base debian
> and then dist-upgrade to grip :)

OK. 

-- 
Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>

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