Re: installing NETINST 20190127 on Mac mini G4
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:07:38AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
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> > On Jan 29, 2019, at 12:00 AM, Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
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> > 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…
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> >> 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.
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> > Can you not have an ext3 boot partition and the rest of the OS on
> > an ext4 partition?
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> I don’t know if it works with ext3, but I can personally vouch for it
> with ext2.
That's basically what I mean; make a boot partition with whatever the
bootloader is capable of reading. That's what we do on Alpha where a
similar problem exists; however the Alpha boot loader (aboot), though
possibly simpler than yaboot is far superior in its user interface,
and because its source package produces a binary package usable on
all architectures it remains in the official Debian archive. As much
as a loathe grub (and I do; I far prefer the simplicity of the Alpha
aboot) I agree with Adrian that if grub can be made to work on all
PowerPC/PPC64 supported computers, then yaboot should be removed from
the distribution.
Cheers,
Michael.
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