Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed

[Gary <gdriggs@gmail.com>]

Rick Thomas wrote:
> My testing indicates that yaboot does not support ext4.  The work around is
> to have a separate partition formatted with the ext2 filesystem for your
> /boot directory (distinct from the hfs "NewWorld bootblock" partition -- see
> previous discussion in this thread).

I thought I'd tried that but one would hope that an auto-config option
would attempt to do the same without manual intervention.

> Maybe if you decide to try it you could make a
> detailed report on how it works... or doesn't?

Certainly.

> Of course, another work around would be to use grub2.  I intend to try that
> sometime soon and I'll make a full report when I'm finished.

I've considered that but I'm not sure how I'd get that in to a boot
image. Doesn't it need to be included in the base and/or installer
package(s)?

> PS: I'll also see if I can confirm your problem with whole-disk guided
> partitioning, and report on that too.  Have you considered filing a bug
> report?

Yes. Is there a set of log files that I should include?

much thanks,
Gary