Re: Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2020-04-19
Hello!
On 4/22/20 10:38 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> These images should finally fix the installation process on Apple
>> PowerMacs and PowerBooks compatible with GRUB, so basically every
>> Macintosh using the New World ROM [2].
>>
>> One user already reported a successful installation on his PowerMac
>> G5 and I expect installations to work fine on 32-bit machines, i.e.
>> G3 and G4 as well. But I'm looking forward to more feedback.
>
> Good news.
>
> Does this also mean that the grub packages are fixed in the repositories
> and that upgrading them won't break my installed system?
Yes. This was never a bug with GRUB but with ofpathname which is used
by GRUB and which I fixed in the archives (by fixing powerpc-utils).
> I did one of the first installs with GRUB on my PowerBook by "manually
> patching" OF paths with Frank.. and then put the packages on hold not to
> break it again - although it proved that GRUB does work with the correct
> paths!
That shouldn't be necessary anymore.
Adrian
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