Re: booting on CD for a 7043/150
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +0100, Timothee Besset wrote:
> I'm trying to get DI code running for a 7043/150 powerpc box. Since the
> kernel image and everything is too big to fit on a floppy, the only
> solution is to boot on CD.
>
> After some looking around, I have found the following information:
>
> The CD must have a PReP partition to boot on, and point to a zImage.chrp
> kernel image (which I compiled myself from a 2.4.20 tarball)
>
> I think I have made a correct CD. Typically I have built the image like
> so:
>
> /usr/bin/mkisofs -graft-points -f -R -r -l -J -prep-boot linux -o /home/timo/cranky.img -- linux=/home/timo/cranky/linux net-initrd.gz=/home/timo/cranky/net-initrd.gz
>
> When I try to boot it from OF, it says ok, but nothing happens:
>
> 0 > boot cdrom:,linux console=ttyS0
> ok
> 0 >
>
> That's it .. nothing afterwards ..
I wonder if that box has hardware CD drivers. CD boots don't
work on oldworld powermacs because they need proprietary MacOS
CD drivers (just offering food for thought).
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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