On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 09:29:12PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Hmm, I have some questions to ask before I burn the CD. First, do the yaboot > binary and the yaboot.conf file go in <root-of-cd>/master/ or > <root-of-cd>/master/install/powermac/images-1.44/ ? Or is master itself the > root of the cd? no the master directory *becomes* the root of the CD. thats how mkhybrid/mkisofs work. yaboot should be at the root so its not so hard to execute from OpenFirmware. > > device=cd: > > partition=2 > > Could you explain the line 'partition=2'? I don't see how more than one > partition is generated by mkhybrid. Is it some detail of the Apple partition > map? in order for OpenFimrware to read the CD we have to create a bogus partition table ( -part to mkhybrid) since apple partition tables are in themselves a partition, the actual data partition is number 2, while the table itself is 1. > > image=linux > > label=install > > initrd=root.bin > > initrd-size=8192 > > This seems mostly clear, except for one thing: how does it locate root.bin if > it's not in the root directory? I guess root.bin must be in the same directory > as yaboot. See below for a related question.) root.bin must be in the root directory. > Is there a way to make it totally bootable? Most of my experience comes from > x86-based computers like the one on which I am writing this message, and I have > only in the past year or two been getting more comfortable with and excited > about Macs. Therefore I wouldn't know. If it's not totally bootable, that's OK > with me, but I'd prefer a nice "hold-down-C" boot. yes, potato CDs are done that way and woody's will be too. its just more complicated to do since you have to write a maps file and put a properly written ofboot.b script in. if you want really truely bootable CDs get potato and fight with its totally broken bootloader non-setup routine. either that or get the cvs version of debian-cd, build a complete debian mirror and you can make yourself real woody bootable CDs. > How does the command above locate yaboot? I suppose it must be placed in the > root directory? Is that true for root.bin too? What about drivers.tgz and > rescue.bin? root.bin, yaboot and linux must be in the root directory as well as install/powermac for your purposes. its too complicated to explain how to make this any other way. if you really want to do it read the source to debian-cd. sorry but im not going to explain it. > As you can see, I'm confused about locations. However I am eager to try this. take everything you downloaded from my page and put it in two places: the root of the cd (master on your hard disk) AND in install/powermac/images-1.44 since thats where dbootstrap tends to want them. this is a kludge but its far simpler then writing a 50 page book on how debian-cd works. > Thanks so much! Do you anticipate that this CD I'm burning will be useful for > network installs of the final released woody? Lastly, do you think it is a good maybe, but i doubt it, these are still development and things will no doubt change from now till woody's release sometime in 2050. > or bad idea to use a CD-RW rather than a CD-R? I'd rather be able to replace cd-rw is fine, thats how i do bootable CD tests on my Blue g3 so i don't make stacks of coasters (AOL supplies more then enough coasters). > the CD with a final woody installer when it comes out, but I'm worried about > not being able to read it when I go to the destination computer. cd-rw is readable on all newworld macs. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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