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Re: Partimage CD boots on my PowerMac while Debian don't



On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 09:12:24PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > > A CD should be bootable on a NewWorld if it has a 'blessed'
> > > folder. And in order for the blessing to work, the folder needs to
> > > have a Mac-System- type file.
> > 
> >       I talked some weeks ago with Ethan on irc and he told me that
> >       the current (at the time) mkisofs couldn't bless the root
> >       directory of a CD (that is, a blessed directory would have to
> >       be at least one level deep on the directory tree).
> > 
> >       I don't know if that still applies.
> > 
> > > If you mount the CD in MacOS, it should show the folder icon of the
> > > blessed folder with a little Mac on it,
> > 
> While Partimage shows the blessed folder in the root Debian does it in
> the /install folder (one level deeper). Since Partimage most likely uses
> the same mkisofs as Debian the deeper level might be the reason.
> 
> How do I build a powerpc test image with the blessed folder in the root
> on a Debian i386.

I think that could be the problem. You mean yaboot is within
/install/powermac, right? Not just inside /install? I think that would
definitely be a problem.  When I wanted to change systems in MacOS, I
always used to de-bless a System Folder by moving its System inside
Startup Items (the second level). If the system-type item isn't
immediately within the top-level folder, the folder gets unblessed.

I'm changing cvs.debian.org/powerpc-specials/mini-iso.sh to put yaboot 
and the kernel into the /install folder rather than right at the root 
level. Should be fixed up in half an hour or so.

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