On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:55:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > tillman <tillman@azstarnet.com> writes: > > > Well, there are still problems in dbootstrap for powermac, for example it > > can't create a rescue floppy > > I didn't even think the floppy on PowerMacs was supported at all, due > to Apple's closed hardware. the floppy is supported on powermac hardware, but creating a bootable floppy for oldworld powermacs (newworlds don't have floppy drives) is rather non-trivial and complicated. its not like x86 where you can just dd the kernel to a floppy. > > and I haven't been successful getting it to > > boot from the hard disk yet. > > Yah, yaboot can be a pain in the butt to get right. no quik is a pain in the butt to get right. yaboot is quite easy and could be fully automated by dbootstrap using the tools i have written and which are already on the boot floppies. (ybin, ofpath, mkofboot). it is possible NOW to have a fully working `make linux bootable from the hard disk' step on newworld powermacs. right now that step is 100% broken on this varient. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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