On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 02:09:11PM -0700, Brad Boyer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 11:29:38AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > oldpmac: uses bootx, miboot, quik or serial console OF. OF uses the > > .coff kernel, don't know about initrd. miboot uses floopy for kernel > > (compressed) and initrd. bootx can use a kernel and separate initrd, and > > quik cannot be used for cdrom boot. It is said that it is possible to > > use miboot to cdrom boot or something such, but i have not confirmed > > these rumors. debian-installer will be installable from either bootx > > (uncompressed kernel + separate initrd) altough we will not provide > > bootx on the CD, or miboot (two or more floppy images). > > I'll see if I can remember enough to explain a few of these. Just as > an overview: bootx is a MacOS application, miboot is a fake MacOS > system, quik is a boot-block based bootloader for OF, and you can > specify an xcoff formatted executable on any readable filesystem > as the boot-device/boot-file in OF. In theory, miboot can be used > on any device the MacOS can use to boot. You can use it on floppies, > hard drives, and CD-ROM as far as I know. I have never setup a > miboot based boot system, so I'm not 100% familiar with it.
... Ok thanks for this response, this clearly clarifies the situation for oldpmac, altough i don't really think this will modify our strategy for oldpmac : miboot or bootx for initial install, quik for running systems and miboot for those not supporting quik. BTW, so quik needs the .coff kernel, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther
