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Dear Risto and other people,
On 04/04/11 05:30, Risto Suominen wrote:
> 2011/4/3, Rogério Brito :
>> http://rb.doesntexist.org/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/
Just for the record, I have converted both my iBook G3 600MHz and my iBook G4
On Sam, 2011-04-02 at 19:20 -0700, Brian Morris wrote:
> I have had libfreevec (clibrary replacement) installed on my g4
> powerbook for several years with no problems, upgrading in place from
> etch to lenny to squeeze. but I have not tried to build apps against
> it.
Can you share details about
On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 11:30 +0300, Risto Suominen wrote:
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> My main concern with yaboot has been (until now) its inability to
> specify initrd, unless given in cfg file. Typically with external
> disks, when root device has changed, and the boot stops.
>
> Is it possible with grub2 to specify i
Hi,
2011/4/3, Rogério Brito :
> (Please, keep me CC'ed, as I am not currently subscribed to -powerpc)
>
> Hi there.
>
> As some people may not consider yaboot to be a bootloader for the long term
> (well, depending on your views, not even for the short term), I took some
> time to distill, experim
Le dimanche 03 avril 2011 à 11:52 -0400, Super Bisquit a écrit :
> You do know that his question should have been forwarded to the yaboot
> mailing list? This is a question about firmware interfaces and not
> limited to Debian.
The thing is, I don't see any bootloader-related question in his first
On 4/3/11, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 11:52:58AM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote:
>
> [Please don't top post.]
>
>> I am being thoughtful.
>> You do think my approach was wrong? At least I explained myself and
>> let him know what would mess up.
>> You did not think of concentrating
On 4/3/11, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 11:40:14AM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote:
>> It is neither abusive nor unhelpful. His idea won't work.
>> He is wrong on many points.
>
> It does not matter that he may have been wrong. People are wrong all
> the time.
>
> Understand this: you
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 11:52:58AM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote:
[Please don't top post.]
> I am being thoughtful.
> You do think my approach was wrong? At least I explained myself and
> let him know what would mess up.
> You did not think of concentrating on helping him but on correcting me
> ins
I am being thoughtful. If you would have thought it out, you would
have replied to him first. Your answers would have clarified what I
said in your own words. Answer him, not me.
Debian and linux are not the world when it comes to alternative
operating systems.
You do know that his question shoul
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Dear anonymous,
First of all, thank you for demotivating me (a moderately long-time contributor)
from contributing to a port that lacks developers. Since you know things better,
we would surely appreciate your patches and documentation, especially w
Hi,
Le samedi 02 avril 2011 à 22:17 -0400, Super Bisquit a écrit :
> […] OpenBSD […] NetBSD […] FreeBSD […]
Do you know we're on _debian_-powerpc ML?
> You may think I'm being an asshole to you; but, I am only giving you
> realistic arguments.
What's the point of this rant?
Please, be more kind
I have had libfreevec (clibrary replacement) installed on my g4 powerbook
for several years with no problems, upgrading in place from etch to lenny to
squeeze. but I have not tried to build apps against it.
gcc has very good auto-vectoring since 4.3 or 4.4 so you don't need to hand
code. Some limi
it won't work for all operating systems. NetBSD must be located as the
first booting system. OpenBSD has to be specially modified to boot and
may require the same area as NetBSD.
FreeBSD can have more than one installation but the root directory
must be set from the bootloader.
Now, why are you hav
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