[No need to send me a private copy, thanks; I read debian-boot.] On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:11:27PM +0300, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > On Wednesday 07 April 2004 03:32, Colin Watson wrote: > > I've checked in partman-newworld, which wraps up the method for > > creating the special Apple_Bootstrap partition you need to boot > > newworld PowerMac systems. I've tested it somewhat, although not > > exactly with a straight-through install or all error cases because > > I'm not in a position to trash my current disk. As such, I haven't > > uploaded it to unstable yet. > > > > This was my first exposure to partman's internals, so I'd > > appreciate it if a partman expert (Anton?) could look it over for > > any glaring errors. > > Aside from the technicals, I strongly believe that a note/help text > should be given to the users as to *what* exactly is a NewWorld boot > partition, and a NewWorld powermac in general. I know quite a few mac > users that would just stare at the screen at this point...
This seems like a good idea; but where? I don't think it's a good idea to force an extra note unconditionally, and I can't see any hooks for displaying help text. We could document it (we should do that anyway, of course), or see if there's some way to squeeze it into partman-auto. I haven't figured out how autopartitioning should work yet. > Something along the lines: > "With regard to their low-level handling of the boot process, > PowerMacs have been split into two categories, OldWorld and NewWorld. > OldWorld are Macs or Mac-clones that used programs such as quik to > boot Linux from their OpenFirmware (OF), with limited capabilities in > that. The last OldWorld Mac series was the Beige G3. > NewWorld Macs however, starting from the Blue & White G3, have had > some significant changes to their OF, offering more flexibility but > requiring new tools for booting. The new tools are namely yaboot and > miboot." As far as I know, miboot is for OldWorlds. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
