Ubuntu CD Images

  1. Bug #1051313
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Comment 0 for bug 1051313

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ojordan (ojordan12345) wrote :

This has been reported before.... see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yaboot/+bug/74943 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yaboot/+bug/35731

The file /install/ofboot.b on the PowerPC ISOs contains this line:

boot cd:,\install\yaboot

This stops the ISOs being booted 'normally' from an external CD drive or USB flash drive. It forces you to go through openfirmware.

Changing the line to the more generic

boot &device;:,\install\yaboot

would fix the problem.

The same trick can be used to solve a problem with installing to USB drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yaboot-installer/+bug/956481 (I submitted a simple patch although it could do with somebody who knows what they are doing looking at it).

Thanks for your time