--- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:21:03AM +0200, Gerhard > Ramsebner wrote: > > > > 2) The hfsutils aren't available right now > (ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/hfs/) > > so I desided to create a msdosfs on the bootstrap > > partition. Does this work at all? > > > No, it doesn't. I was going to point you to > http://cross-lfs.org/view/1.0.0/ppc/appendices/macmiscellany.html > which has some comments about booting ppc/ppc64 on > OpenFirmware, but > in fact it doesn't directly mention this problem. > The boot partition > has to be of a type that the OpenFirmware knows how > to read. In > other words, hfs is the only option. HTH
This may help solve the problem: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/yaboot-howto/ch4.en.html debian focussed, but links to an executable to make the boot partition and instructions for it, which seemed to be the problem the op mentioned, a lack of tools to make the boot partition. Jaqui Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
