On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 00:22, Chris Tillman wrote: > Many oldworld powerpc computers need the video=ofonly boot argument in > order to use the installer. The hfs-boot-floppy image we currently > provide does not supply this argument. > > I used a binary editor (beav) to add video=ofonly into the miBoot > System.bin source file in boot-floppies, and verified that on my > oldworld machines the modified file enables the floppy to work, where > before the monitor couldn't sync up. (I replaced spaces in the file, > and didn't change the file size).
The only issue I can think of is that while it might let the boot-floppies work initially, the installed system won't have the video=ofonly, so the user is left wondering why they don't have a bootable system. Actually, I think the debian-safe option in the current b-f has the same problem. We'll have to add some hackery to check whether video=ofonly was given, and output that to the generated yaboot.conf. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
