Re: installing sarge on Motorola PowerStack...

["Johannes Wischert" <cowhead@gmx.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Luther" <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>

> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:03:43PM +0100, Johannes Wischert wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sven Luther" <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
> > > > The only thing is that it can not install the bootloader... the
> > bootloader
> > > > should be copied to /dev/sda1 with dd but since i made automatic
> > > > partitioning /dev/sda1 is / and so i don't think this is a good idea
;)
> > but
> > > > at least the system works...
> > >
> > > Which boot loader are you speaking about ? Quik ? Yaboot ? Something
> > > else ?
> > >
> >
> > oh my fault... I don't use a bootloader but i simply copy the kernel
zImage
> > to /dev/sda1 and the openfirmware boots from that...
>
> So you would need :
>
> /dev/sda1 : /boot <- macos or vfat filesystem on it ?
> /dev/sda2 : /

i don't need a filesystem at all on sda1 since i copy the kernel there with
dd if=zImage.prep of=/dev/sda1
and then i can boot from openfirmware with "boot hdisk"

>
> Correct ?
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
>
>
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