Re: Making a bootable CDROM for an RS/6000 PReP machine
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 03:37:52PM -0400, ay wrote:
>
> Hi, I have an RS/6000 860 portable. I have debian ppc installed on
> it. The Debian PPC CD image was bootable for me, but the kernel wasnt
> correct and would bomb out. I tried to roll my own bootable CD with
> mkisofs, as a rockridge extensions, and a kernel image that works from
> floppy, as and El torito bootable CD. This cd is not bootable although
> mountable as ISO-9660. I was looking for some insight as to the format of
> the Debian PPC cd image and how it is bootable on my PReP machine, so
> I can make my own. I am
> currently sans floppy drive and would like to be able to test and compile
> kernels properly and the PReP boot isnt like LILO ;( ... Any help would
> be great. Ill have a floppy drive soon, but CD booting is much faster!
Check debian-cd, the scripts for making the images. It's a special
option to mkhybrid, I believe "-prep-boot BOOTFILE"
Dan
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| Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 |
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