On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:22:35PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Many oldworld powerpc computers need the video=ofonly boot argument in > order to use the installer. The hfs-boot-floppy image we currently > provide does not supply this argument. > > I used a binary editor (beav) to add video=ofonly into the miBoot > System.bin source file in boot-floppies, and verified that on my > oldworld machines the modified file enables the floppy to work, where > before the monitor couldn't sync up. (I replaced spaces in the file, > and didn't change the file size). > > It's my understanding that this argument would do no harm for any > powerpc system, at least if it's just the installer boot we're talking > about. If that's right, I'd like to commit the change to cvs so the > hfs-boot-floppy image has that argument. Many systems would be enabled > for floppy usage that otherwise wouldn't work.
Sounds like a good idea. Go ahead; I don't remember any reason not to do this. (that's why I put the spaces in there in the first place!) -- Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
