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Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img



On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 07:31:20PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote:
>    On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 04:17:26PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote:
>    >    > Dan:  add the following line to your maps file for mkhybrid when
>    >    > creating CD images:
>    >    >
>    >    > .img        Raw     'ddsk'    'DDim'   "floppy_image"
>    >    >
>    >    > this will cause the image files on the CD to show up with the
>    >    > correct
>    >    > file type/creator in macos.
> 
>    Checked lately?  I have been for months.
> 
> <snip>
> 
>    The file created by mkboot.sh is a raw image, not a macbinary file.  It
>    doesn't have a creator or type.  They are correct on CD images, though.
> 
>    Dan
> 
> Um, Dan, this is getting confusing.  The Dan to whom Ethan Benson sent
> that long ago message was not even you, was it?  And I was certainly
> not trying to make a point about CD images, not having seen any of
> them.  However, I am pleased to hear that even this small point was
> got right on the CD images.  It is only in the last couple of weeks
> that I finally have the opportunity to try Debian.  Let me take a few
> seconds off from my irritating newbie questions, to say that I am very
> impressed with what you have done.

Yes, it was me.  And thank you :)

I've thought about putting up MacBinary versions of the disk images; it
probably won't happen for 2.2r1 and will happen on the next major
release.

Dan

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|   Debian GNU/Linux Developer    __    Carnegie Mellon University   |
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