On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:02:36PM +0200, Freek Dijkstra wrote: > Hi Chris and Sven, > > >>> I recently noted a post stating that the bootloader development team did > >>> not > >>> have access to an oldword powerpc. I have one of those, and can do some > >>> testing this weekend, even if it renders my openfirmware settings > >>> obsolete. > >>> [...] > >> > >> It maybe too early, we have a kernel now which should be able to be > >> mibootable, but not yet the full debian-installer stuff. > >> > >> I will make a new kernel build this afternoon, maybe you can try this > >> one out, and see if you can boot it. I hope once this kernel reaches the > >> archives, we can try building d-i images also or something such, or you > >> could do them by hand. I don't really know how miboot works, so i can't > >> do it myself. > > > > You could certainly see if the hfs-bootfloppy.bin image within > > > > http://members.cox.net/miBoot.tgz > > I just grabbed it - I assume you meant > http://members.cox.net/toff1/miBoot.tgz > > > boots. It should ask for a root disk, at which point you'll just have > > to reboot for now. We'll need help testing the debian-installer very > > soon! Thanks for your contributions. > > So far I haven't looked into miboot (so far, I used BootX and > -unsuccesfully- quik). > > I will have a look though. As I can see, miboot is a bootloader pretending > to be MacOS system. So I will use a (currently unbootable) SCSI partition, > and make a System Folder and put all the files in the miBoot folder in > there. If all is right, Apple should recognize it as a System Folder, and I > can choose that partition in the Disk Setup. Correct?
Well, miboot is supposed to go on a floppy disk, do you have one ? Friendly, Sven Luther
