Re: Partimage CD boots on my PowerMac while Debian don't
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 03:47:49PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> 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.
Well, that didn't work. I can't get OpenFirmware to open yaboot unless
it's really at the root level of the CD, not in any folder. So the
instructions about booting a CD manually from OpenFirmware may be
incorrect, or not work in all cases.
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