On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:47:57PM +0000, rob rob wrote: > Hi, > I have a powerpc 6500/275 and am trying to install debian etch with the > floppy images from ~wouter, or the beta3 from debian for that matter. > Everything works fine until I insert the net-install.img. Through mail > contact with piotras, after "erroneously" posting on the > debootloaders-miboot list, i found out that all the recent net-install > images are too big for a floppy. I also found the following post which > makes reference to this fact: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/09/msg00823.html > Is anybody looking into this?
Allow me to answer with another question (and several subquestions): How should we read that question? - Relax, a joke follows. Do you want to beat up the person who is working on it? - Do you want to hire the person who is working on it? - Do you want to offer help to the person? - Do you want to take the job and want to known from who you can expect help? - Do you want to take the job and want to known who could be offended? > The boot loader works otherwise up to the net-install part and it's a shame > if the floppies won't work since the only other way is with a harddisk > install which is a more complicated. I have also interest in making installation for Oldworld Macs easy, however my approach is using a network boot. (Yes, I have also other interrests.) > truly, rob Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
