Hello! On 4/30/19 10:42 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > There is a GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_POWERPC_IEEE1275 for which > grub-mkrescue produces bootable ISOs. I understand that the ISO gets > prepared with HFS+ for this platform if a directory > > /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275 > > exists with the files from > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/ppc64el/grub-ieee1275-bin/filelist > > A merely bootable ISO which leads to a GRUB console prompt is produced > by: > > mkdir minimal > touch minimal/empty-file.txt > grub-mkrescue -o output.iso minimal > > output.iso is supposed to contain an Apple Partition Map and a HFS+ > superblock with directory tree. I expect it to be prepared for booting > from CD, DVD, and USB stick. > (DVD+RW is about as easy to overwrite as an USB stick. Either with > a burn program or with plain dd and sync.) > > If you see a GRUB prompt, then the equipment suffices and the storage > device works for booting.
This is exactly what I thought I will do next after reading that OpenFirmware apparently supports HFS+. I have finally brought my iBook G4 home from the office today and will start experimenting with the bootloader tomorrow. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
