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[Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your assumed answers are correct except for the last one. Greg will  
have to confirm, but here the yaboot command is not required once the  
system is installed. It is only required when booting from the live CD.

Ron Mitchell

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On 2012-10-17, at 9:32 PM, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i organized this and trimmed this down to just the necessary bit. i  
> left the rest of it commented out so if our fearless editor karl  
> wants to put it back in, he can. however, my feeling is that the  
> installation part of the wiki (elsewhere) should discuss the various  
> ways to burn an iso and the general ppc faq (also elsewhere) should  
> discuss the usb booting (they both do). so we can get rid of that.
>
> however, what i want to be sure of is this: with the currently  
> available isos, running that yaboot command will get us into an  
> installable desktop? there are no other problems? i.e. if you used  
> that in testing, would it otherwise pass? also is the yaboot command  
> necessary to properly boot the installed system? this needs to be  
> clarified. i'll leave that up to you. one other thing: the title  
> should describe the problem.
>
> i went ahead and assumed the answers are yes/no/yes/yes and just  
> said the symptom is no desktop. feel free to correct if needed.
>
> if there are bug reports to link to this, you should.
>
> wxl
>
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:47:37 -0700
> Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Couldn't have said it any better my friend.
>
> > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:43:41 -0600
> > Greg Faith <gregfaith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Ok I am not a wiki dude..
> > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/PPC#preview