Joey Hess wrote: > > Rick Thomas wrote: > > 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. > > It's good to know that it got that far. > > > 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". > > This seems eminently reasonable. I'll note that there exists x86 > hardware with some of the same issues: you can currently only install > Debian on it if some other non-free OS is installed first.
Thanks! > > > 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. > > I'm suprised this didn't already work; we have an option that is > supposed to kick in if no other bootloader installer is available. It > should have shown up on the menu as "Continue without boot loader", or > been automatically run. There is a "continue without boot loader" option on the main menu, but the main menu doesn't show up by default. You have to ask for it in the kernel boot options -- or wait for an error to occur. In any case, it wasn't obvious when or how I was supposed to invoke "continue without...", and before I knew what was happening, the bootloader installer had blown up in my face. What should I have done differently? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
