On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 12:20:07PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > check penguinppc.org/projects/quik/ > > Mmm, i don't really understand what quik is, from what i read at that > page, it seems it is only a linux program to set the OF variables to > load the kernel, or is it something more ? In particular i am baffled by > the way you set the boot-file OF variable, which is the same i do on my > pegasos. i have absolutly no idea how you could possibly come to that conclusion. quik is a bootloader, it has no ability to set OF variables. has nothing to do with OF variables. (other then changing OF variables is required to convince OF to load quik). > > vmlinux at root of source tree, initrd is only supported as a > > secondary floppy the same way as x86 rescue + root is done. > > Well, vmlinux at root is not a compressed kernel, so either you compress > it by hand, or you use something else. man gzip > > what is used on powerpc? parted's ui is utterly horrible and > > complelty deficient for some requirements of powerpc (such as creating > > an 800K Apple_Bootstrap partition (i recommend that be done on both > > new and oldworld since yaboot2 is likly to prefer, or require one on > > oldworld, yaboot1 and 2 require one on newworld always, size must be > > exactly 800K)) > > Well, it is hugely subarch dependent, but d-i has various different > stuff using libparted, among them autoparkit and partitioner. Mmm there > was a third one, and i guess yaboot-installer also use it. yaboot-installer is too late. the bootstrap partition must be the first one created. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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