Re: debian-installer now available in Ports
The problem is I do not think yaboot is maintained either.
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> On Apr 15, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Risto Suominen <risto.suominen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I still have a few powerpc Macs, both OldWorld and NewWorld.
>
> The oldest one (6100/66) has no Open Firmware, the next one (7600/132)
> has OF 1.x, then comes Beige G3 with OF 2.x, and the first NewWorld
> machine Blue&White G3 with OF 3.x.
>
> - the 6100 can only run MkLinux on top of Mach microkernel.
>
> - the 7600 can boot Linux with Bootx from Mac OS, or with quik directly from OF.
>
> - the same applies to Beige.
>
> - the Blue&White needs yaboot or grub2.
>
> So, I'm saying that yaboot or grub2 is not usable on OldWorld
> machines. To automate the installation, the installer should be able
> to install quik on them. But I'm afraid that no one has maintained
> quik. Perhaps yaboot or grub2 could be expanded to handle OldWorld as
> well. And making a CD bootable on OldWorld machines is yet another
> challenge.
>
> Risto
>
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