Re: please take a look at Debian Bug#589701: installation-reports: Install yaboot on a hard disk - Failed to install boot loader
I also found that yesterday's weekly xfce installation CD didn't recognize either of the ethernet cards on my G4 PowerMac (digital audio).
Tom
On Jul 20, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Rogério Brito wrote:
> Hi there, Rick.
>
> On Jul 20 2010, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> At this point, Debian squeeze is un-installable on NewWorld PowerPC
>> Macs due to yaboot's failure to adapt to the use of UUID= and LABEL=
>> format in /etc/fstab.
>>
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589701
>
> This is bad. I will try to see what I can do to test the installation on
> a new ppc (the bad thing is that, as I told before, my newworld
> ppc---an iBook G3---is moribund).
>
>> I have provided a partial fix in Debian bug#580455 but I have not
>> gotten any feedback from the developers.
>
> I look into that with a little more care after I get some sleep. Perhaps
> a non-maintainer upload of yaboot is in order.
>
> <off-topic>
> BTW, I will be in NYC for this year's DebConf (well, assuming that the
> plane doesn't crash/fall/etc :-)) and I hope to work on some of the
> issues that are annoying us. If you can attend, that would be superb
> (and, of course, getting to know more people would be really nice).
> </off-topic>
>
>
> Regards,
>
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