Re: RFC: What should be done about kernel-image's bootloader questions
Okay, but the original question makes it sound like the user is still going
to have to have some idea about whether they have a new/oldworld machine or
not. I say there should be a utility for both the Mac OS and for Linux that
should be able to probe the OF and set the user on the proper course of
action, rather than depend on the user. That way if the user starts off with
a CD, the installer will know what bootloader to install...
Russell
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> On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:15:59PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
>> Is there some way of checking the OF for version information? If there is,
>> perhaps there could be some unification of the utilities...i.e., version 1.0
>> is OldWorld, version 3 is New...then the appropriate steps would be followed
>> depending on version.
>
> its not that complicated:
>
> [eb@socrates eb]$ grep ^pmac-generation /proc/cpuinfo
> pmac-generation : NewWorld
> [eb@socrates eb]$
>
>
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> Ethan Benson
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