Re: Miboot FREE? [was Re: [OpenFirmware2.4] Can't boot on cdrom ('loader: unrecognized client program format')]
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 12:01:39PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:23:54AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:10:27AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > If miboot works OK, on that model (on my perfomas the cpu will run at
> > > 1/10th speed when booted by miboot), I could make you a miboot
> > > boot-floppy to boot into the installed system
> >
> > Maybe we could make have miboot to be listed in mkvmlinuz's bootloader, and
> > have code in /etc/kernel/postinst.d to automatically create the miboot floppy
> > for you on installs.
> >
> > Now that miboot is being freed, this would be a neat solution.
>
> WHAT IS THIS? HAS MIBOOT BECOME FREE? COOL. Where can I read more
> about it?
Piotr did reverse engineer the boot sector, and was in the process of
compiling it with gcc, and at least partially succeeding. This makes me
believe that miboot will be freed for the etch timeframe.
> > Any volunteer to recode the boot sector based on the information Piotr
> > provided ?
>
> Sorry, I would like to but doesn't have the skills needed.
Well, skill can be learned, while it is more difficult to create more time :)
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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