Re: NEWBIE: bootdisk for powermac (SOLVED+TRICK)
If you had checked the archives you would have seen that I posted a week or two ago a link to a boot floppy that works. here it is again.
http://www.netfall.com/powerpc/boot-flopppy-oldworld.img
Sebastiaan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think I found something usefull regarding the original boot floppy for
> the powermac. It locks your keyboard, so I did the following:
>
> mount the disk
> vi or edit .resource/System
> find 'prompt_ramdisk=1'
> change 1 into 0
> write it and boot it
>
> You just have to be quick when changing disks. I think this solution is
> far more simpile then the ones described below (which I only got worked
> half).
>
> Does this sound reasonable to you?
> Should I send this to someone at Debian, so they can make an 'alternative
> bootdisk'?
>
> Greetz,
> Sebastiaan
>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Sebastiaan wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Claus wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Sebastiaan!
> > >
> > > >:
> > > >: So:
> > > >: - which image is needed so my mac will boot it
> > >
> > > look for:
> > > /usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff
> > >
> > > it's been made by 'make zImage' iirc
> > > and will be loaded from OF
> > > "boot fd:vmlinux.coff"
> > >
> > >
> > Cool, worked almost: it was
> > boot fd:1,vmlinux.coff
> >
> > on an msdos formatted floppy (?)
> >
> > Is this not strange, I always thought Aplle hated M$?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sebastiaan
> >
> >
> > > Claus
> > >
> >
> >
>
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