Re: powerpc debian-cd(YACS) support
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Matt Porter wrote:
> I just checked in some changes so the PReP bootable CD's work now. I want
> to make some changes to the powerpc layout since this whole business of
> copying (and wasting CD space) files to /install seems to be completely
> unnecessary. When installing the resc1440.bin and drivers.tgz on powerpc
> it makes the selection window needlessly complicated since it presents the
> user with three architecture choices in two spots. That is, the same files
> are in both /install/{subarch}/* and .../potato/main/disks-powerpc/{subarch}.
> On top of that also creates a /install/boot directory to put yet another
> copy of the boot images.
Use hardlinks. Either the whole /install to disks-powerpc or per-file links.
mkhybrid and mkisofs will convert ext2-hardlinks to iso9660-hardlinks. On
2.1rX CDs, this is already done for some files in /upgrade-older-i386.
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