Re: Debian on an iMac 17''
- To: Chris Tillman <toff1@cox.net>
- Cc: debian-cd@lists.debian.org, Debian Powerpc List <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Debian on an iMac 17''
- From: Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@soziologie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:30:40 +0100
- Message-id: <1068996640.1068.45.camel@tigerente>
- In-reply-to: <20031116145442.GA412@iMacBlue>
- References: <20031115212634.GB653@iMacBlue> <20031116031838.GA397@iMacBlue> <AF490EC2-1823-11D8-A0E9-000A9590D766@hentges.net> <1068990042.1095.30.camel@tigerente> <20031116145442.GA412@iMacBlue>
> > > > Would you try the below step? If it works for you, then we can make it
> > > > a general purpose solution for the CDs. Edit the ofboot.b file you put
> > > > on your disk partition with a text editor. Where it says
> > > >
> > > > MacRISC
> > > >
> > > > make it read
> > > >
> > > > MacRISC MacRISC3 MacRISC4
> > Chris: I don't really understand what these parameters do. If we should
> > add them to ofboot.b on the debian-installer cds, could you ask
> > debian-cd to to change this?
>
> The file is in build/boot/powerpc. I went ahead and added those to
> it. What they tell OpenFirmware is that it's OK to boot this file
> (ofboot.b) on a G4 or G5. They are in the <COMPATIBLE> section. Ethan
> pointed out the change, which was made also for yaboot 1.3.11 (not yet
> released).
This is only for debian-installer's make cdimage target and not for the
daily cd's on gluck.d.o which are built by debian-cd. Someone of the
debian-cd folk should add this to the debian-cd cvs too. The file is
data/yaboot/ofboot.b.
gaudenz
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