[Fwd: Re: floppy boot on a 7200/90]
OK, the "nvsetenv boot-device scsi/sd@0:0" command works fine.
Thanks,
Landry.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:05:32PM +0200, Landry BRUNEL wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've just installed the last debian distrib on a 7200/90. It includes
> the 2.2.19 kernel and a quik.conf.
> I have no macos partition (so no bootX) and I didn't managed to get the
> nvram tuned to boot debian directly after many tries and nvram reinit.
nvsetenv boot-device scsi/sd@0:0
is all you need.
> I've found a floppy on the bootX archive (version 1.2.2), which contains
> a bootable hfs file system with the 2.2.15 kernel. This floppy finds
> itself the bootable partition on my hdd. It looks like a good solution.
miboot (what your refering to) is really a pain in the ass. your
better off with quik. if you can live without seeing the quik prompt
except on a serial terminal. (miboot has no useful interface anyway
so no loss)
> So my question is, how can I make a bootable hfs floppy (with 2.2.19
> kernel on it) from my debian 7200/90 or an NT PC or a solris station ?
here is the steps
hexeditor miboot.bin
<find the kernel arguments and change them to match your system>
hformat -l bootstrap /dev/fd0
hcopy miboot.bin :System
hcopy /dev/null :Finder
hcopy /boot/vmlinux :
hattrib +l -t zsys -c MACS :System
hattrib +l -t FNDR -c MACS :Finder
hattrib -b :
humount
dd if=hfsbootblock.b of=/dev/fd0
then eject the floppy and set the write protect tab.
some of these steps may need to be altered a bit, get the
boot-floppies source for more details.
but i recommend quik, it works actually quite well on the 7200 since
kernel 2.2.17 (before that things were flaky).
--
Ethan Benson
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