Re: installing NETINST 20190127 on Mac mini G4
On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:45:10PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 1/28/19 12:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > I realize that this may require some programming, but would it be possible
> > to have it ask a question early on (maybe at or before the beginning of
> > partitioning) requesting the user to choose between yaboot and grub? Then
> > the partitioner would automatically create the necessary partition(s) and
> > “install boot loader” would automatically install the chosen boot loader
> > conditioned on the answer to the question…
>
> Yaboot is unmaintained upstream and does not support modern ext4 features. In
> order for Yaboot to work properly, you have to turn certain features in ext4
> off, otherwise it won't work and the boot fails.
Can you not have an ext3 boot partition and the rest of the OS on
an ext4 partition?
Cheers
Michael.
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