On 10/23/2012 09:52 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 10/22/2012 05:55 PM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: >> We can allow d-i grub installation on powerpc machines for wheezy, but >> not make it default. > > [...] > >> Manual creation of the appropriate partition in d-i (/boot/grub) will >> enable grub installation in wheezy d-i. Thus, we will be able to >> experiment with d-i grub installation on powerpc machines. > > ok, this sounds like a good step to me. Are you saying this is present > in the current wheezy beta3 ? >
No. It will eventually hit the daily builds soon. See attachment. Milan
commit cf2fc86abf0fd34963afb49047c21e94a2cde40e
Author: Milan Kupcevic <mi...@physics.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon Oct 22 17:46:06 2012 -0400
Allow grub installation on PowerPC machines
* Allow grub installation on PowerPC machines if /boot/grub partition
is present. Closes: #664128
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9105cdb..204cc11 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+grub-installer (1.83) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Allow grub installation on PowerPC machines if /boot/grub partition
+ is present. Closes: #664128
+
+ -- Milan Kupcevic <mi...@physics.harvard.edu> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:39:07 -0400
+
grub-installer (1.82) unstable; urgency=low
[ Updated translations ]
diff --git a/debian/isinstallable b/debian/isinstallable
index e66bac1..89fadb7 100755
--- a/debian/isinstallable
+++ b/debian/isinstallable
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ case $ARCH in
exit 1
fi
;;
- powerpc/chrp_pegasos)
- ;;
powerpc/*)
- log "GRUB not yet usable on PowerPC systems other than Pegasos/Efika"
- exit 1
+ mount | grep "on /target/boot/grub" 1>&2 || {
+ log "GRUB requires OF bootable partition mounted at /boot/grub on PowerPC systems"
+ exit 1
+ }
;;
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