Re: debian-installer now available in Ports
That's not really a problem. The machines that need yaboot are legacy hardware. If the upstream sources or the Debian packaging itself requires some maintenance, I'm happy to pick the work.
Adrian
> On Apr 15, 2017, at 8:05 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The problem is I do not think yaboot is maintained either.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 15, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Risto Suominen <risto.suominen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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