Handbook Talk:PPC/Installation/Bootloader

GRUB2 with ext4 for PPC
NewWorld Apple (G4 at least) is somewhat supported with grub2. It provides also support for ext4 for root file system, so it should be mentioned also as an option.

Here are some instructions how to do away with grub2: http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/

I ended up trying that route, as current yaboot-ebuild is broken (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527974).


 * I ran into this problem with yaboot:
 * https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1056046-start-0.html
 * Maybe the workaround should be mentioned?

--Min.xu (talk) 21:32, 4 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Feel free to update the handbook. Me and SwifT don't use PPC. --Maffblaster (talk) 22:22, 4 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm going to mark this discussion as closed., please add the workaround to the Yaboot article. If/when you add it there I will provide a link to the PPC Handbook. Those on the Handbook team do not have the knowledge or the resources (we don't have PPC systems) to actually be good caretakers for the PPC Handbook. Please message me on if/when you do what I ask. Kind regards, --Maffblaster (talk) 19:12, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. I can't seem to edit the page though. --Min.xu (talk) 16:57, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Another alternative is just to install yaboot-static, as with PPC64. --downsj