Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-13 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop (elen...@planet.nl): > Now that we have two architectures that are no longer official release > architectures I've been wondering if we should remove any architecture- > specific text for them from the Installation Guide. No objection from my side (I wonder what objections I c

[RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-13 Thread Frans Pop
Now that we have two architectures that are no longer official release architectures I've been wondering if we should remove any architecture- specific text for them from the Installation Guide. m68k was dropped as a release architecture for Etch, and alpha is being dropped for Squeeze. For m68

Re: Loopback block device missing in hdinstall initrd?

2009-10-13 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 05:56:42PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > > been trying to install etch-68k on a Powerbook 190. Kernel 2.6 that > > comes on the netinstall iso image boots fine with ramdisk, xcept for > > SCSI not working, so no CD-ROM drive. That's why I copied the iso to the > > ide drive