Re: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Hi Adrian,

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 2:21 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would help with this transition to use GRUB on powerpc as well
> as on ppc64 which we are now providing unofficial installation
> for in Debian Ports [1].

Missing link '1'.

> I do have commit access to debian-installer and its components
> as well as access to an IBM POWER7 instance which can be used
> to test both powerpc as well as ppc64 installation images.
>
> I would like to get rid of yaboot because it is no longer maintained
> upstream and switching to GRUB also helps reduce the maintenance
> burden in debian-installer.
>
> What we need are people who are willing to extensively test d-i
> images with GRUB on powerpc and ppc64 and report back. Also, I'm
> not yet sure whether I have understood how exactly GRUB is properly
> configured and used on powerpc and ppc64.

Sure ! I still have a PowerMac G4 & Mac Mini to test. Both work
booting d-i from a USB key.

Thanks for your work
-M