That's not really a problem. The machines that need yaboot are legacy hardware. If the upstream sources or the Debian packaging itself requires some maintenance, I'm happy to pick the work.
Adrian > On Apr 15, 2017, at 8:05 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. > <herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The problem is I do not think yaboot is maintained either. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 15, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Risto Suominen <risto.suomi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I still have a few powerpc Macs, both OldWorld and NewWorld. >> >> The oldest one (6100/66) has no Open Firmware, the next one (7600/132) >> has OF 1.x, then comes Beige G3 with OF 2.x, and the first NewWorld >> machine Blue&White G3 with OF 3.x. >> >> - the 6100 can only run MkLinux on top of Mach microkernel. >> >> - the 7600 can boot Linux with Bootx from Mac OS, or with quik directly from >> OF. >> >> - the same applies to Beige. >> >> - the Blue&White needs yaboot or grub2. >> >> So, I'm saying that yaboot or grub2 is not usable on OldWorld >> machines. To automate the installation, the installer should be able >> to install quik on them. But I'm afraid that no one has maintained >> quik. Perhaps yaboot or grub2 could be expanded to handle OldWorld as >> well. And making a CD bootable on OldWorld machines is yet another >> challenge. >> >> Risto >>
