On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 03:32:18PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > Here's a thought. First some background: > > Last night, just to prove it could be done, I succeeded (first try) > in using BootX under MacOS9 on an OldWorld PowerMac G3 (beige > mini-tower) to load and run the debian-installer kernel and initrd > downloaded from: > > <http://ftp.debian.org/dists/sarge/main/installer- > powerpc/beta3/images/powerpc/netboot/> > > I got as far as the point where the d-i tries to install a > bootloader. It died there because there is no boot loader for the > oldworld subarchitecture. > > I could have done the same thing using miboot, but it would have > been *much* harder. BootX has a nice Mac-like user friendly > interface. Miboot most definitely does not. > > The amount of MacOS actually needed for this is quite small. With > a little work, I've gotten the corresponding thing for yellowdog > Linux down to under 50 MB and put it on a zip disk. > > > > So here's my suggestion: > > Declare that all OldWorld machines must have a minimal MacOS > partition with BootX as their "boot loader". That is, If you want > to use debian-sarge on an OldWorld Mac, it presupposes that you > first have MacOS and BootX installed on that machine. > > Do not provide BootX on the CD, just a note in the README document > that says you need it and how to download it from, say, "non-free" > or "contrib". > > Now the part of debian-installer that died on me last night has an > easy fix: Simply do not install any boot loader at all for that > subarchitecture.
Rick, Quik can easily be used to boot from CD, no problem, sadly it cannot be used to boot from floppies, and thus cannot be used to install debian on a blank disk. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
