OK, the "nvsetenv boot-device scsi/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0" command works fine.
Thanks, Landry. On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:05:32PM +0200, Landry BRUNEL wrote: > > Hello, > > I've just installed the last debian distrib on a 7200/90. It includes > the 2.2.19 kernel and a quik.conf. > I have no macos partition (so no bootX) and I didn't managed to get the > nvram tuned to boot debian directly after many tries and nvram reinit. nvsetenv boot-device scsi/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 is all you need. > I've found a floppy on the bootX archive (version 1.2.2), which contains > a bootable hfs file system with the 2.2.15 kernel. This floppy finds > itself the bootable partition on my hdd. It looks like a good solution. miboot (what your refering to) is really a pain in the ass. your better off with quik. if you can live without seeing the quik prompt except on a serial terminal. (miboot has no useful interface anyway so no loss) > So my question is, how can I make a bootable hfs floppy (with 2.2.19 > kernel on it) from my debian 7200/90 or an NT PC or a solris station ? here is the steps hexeditor miboot.bin <find the kernel arguments and change them to match your system> hformat -l bootstrap /dev/fd0 hcopy miboot.bin :System hcopy /dev/null :Finder hcopy /boot/vmlinux : hattrib +l -t zsys -c MACS :System hattrib +l -t FNDR -c MACS :Finder hattrib -b : humount dd if=hfsbootblock.b of=/dev/fd0 then eject the floppy and set the write protect tab. some of these steps may need to be altered a bit, get the boot-floppies source for more details. but i recommend quik, it works actually quite well on the 7200 since kernel 2.2.17 (before that things were flaky). -- Ethan Benson -- ############################################################ BRUNEL Landry CMO Toulouse Cellule informatique BRESM/CELENV 42, Ave Gaspard Coriolis 31057 TOULOUSE CEDEX Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (33) 05 61 43 35 04 Fax : (33) 05 62 14 06 10 ############################################################
