On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 01:29:54PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> package: usplash
> version: 0.3e
> 
> Hi,
> 
> when I installed usplash on my imac (=newworld powerpc) running etch, the 
> initrd got updated nicely, but not the bootloader.
> 
> I had to add "append=splash" to the image in /etc/yaboot.conf. After 
> modifying 
> yaboot.conf you need to run /usr/sbin/ybin to update the bootloader.
> 
> (On oldworld machines this needs to be done in /etc/quick.conf.)

Indeed. But this is something which need to be thought about in a more generic
way, and we probably need some generic way to handle those cases.

For powerpc, the best way to fix this, is using the mkvmlinuz package, which
is depended upon by all powerpc kernels, and already does some sub-arch
detection.

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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