On Aug 4, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
On 08/04/2012 12:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:56:54PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
This is a Debian installation ${MEDIA_TYPE},
built on ${BUILD_DATE}.
+
Enter one of the following options to begin:
-install 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
-install64 64-bit processor (G5 or IBM POWER3/4/5)
-expert expert mode on 32-bit processor
-expert64 expert mode on 64-bit processor
+install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7)
+install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
Is there a reason why you've dropped mention of the "expert" options
here?
Just to simplify the first screen. User has to pres TAB to see a full
list of options, which is: install, expert, rescue, auto, install32,
expert32, rescue32 and auto32.
When booted on a 64-bit machine the first presented screen looks like:
=====================================================================
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux wheezy!
This is a Debian installation CDROM,
built on 20120617-18:20.
Enter one of the following options to begin:
install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7)
install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
Press TAB for a full list of options.
If the system fails to boot with a white screen
which doesn't go away, add 'video=ofonly'.
Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.16
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
=====================================================================
When booted on a 32-bit machine the first presented screen looks like:
=====================================================================
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux wheezy!
This is a Debian installation CDROM,
built on 20120617-18:20.
Press ENTER to continue, or press TAB for a
full list of options.
If the system fails to boot with a white screen
which doesn't go away, type:
install video=ofonly
Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.16
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
=====================================================================
The full list of options presented after the TAB was pressed on a 32-
bit
machine is: install, expert, rescue and auto.
Milan
I just tried booting a PowerMac G4 with the Wheezy installer image
"built on 20120826-03:23" (details of where I downloaded it from, etc
available on request).
The G4 is a 32-bit machine, but it seems to be offering me the choices
for a 64 bit machine.
Before the "boot:" prompt it said (among other things)
install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7)
install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
and when I entered <tab> at the "boot:" prompt I saw the list of options
install expert rescue
auto install32 expert32
rescue32 auto32
If I just hit <ret> at the "boot:" prompt it looks like it's trying to
boot the 64-bit kernel, which (of course) fails on the G4.
The only unusual thing about this is that I'm booting from a USB stick
using Open Firmware, rather than from a physical CD-ROM. Should that
make any difference?
Thanks!
Rick
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