PowerPC CD issues

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
Hi, I intend to commit a small patch to the first stage bootloader for NewWorld bootable CDs (data/yaboot/ofboot.b) there are two changes i am making, the first is to restore console output so that yaboot's interface will be visable on more recent PowerMacs. the second is a fix for rare and ran

Re: PowerPC CD issues

2001-06-13 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:26:25AM -0800, Ethan Benson écrivait: > Also I am not yet very familier with the CD building scripts, but i > was wondering if they have switched over from using mkhybrid to > mkisofs for building the first CD image for powermacs? i have just > tested this and it will r

Re: PowerPC CD issues

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:11:10PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Basically, there's no official person responsible of powerpc for > debian-cd. I'd like to have one. Just do whatever you need to get > powerpc working. You can commit your changes in the arch specific > directories/files. If you

cvs commit to debian-cd/data/yaboot by eb

2001-06-13 Thread eb
Repository: debian-cd/data/yaboot who:eb time: Wed Jun 13 04:31:43 PDT 2001 Log Message: ofboot.b: fix random boot failure bug, restore console output so yaboot is visible. yaboot.conf: bump delay to 10 seconds, some machines take awhile for the video to warm up. Add `debian-nov

PowerMac booting, dilemma

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
OK, after playing with the new mkisofs more i figured out i was calling it wrong the first time. it can indeed make NewWorld PowerMac bootable CDs. the problem is in order for it to do so i must use command line switches not compatible with mkhybrid. this means either powerpc images are made

Re: help!!! (Installing downloaded packages)

2001-06-13 Thread Robert Guthrie
The quick answer: Don't use apt for those packages. Use "dpkg -i *.deb" in the directory with those packages. The long answer: apt-get is for use with archives of debian packages, where you want to install a package, and want all of the other packages that it depends on to be installed automa

cvs commit to debian-cd by hertzog

2001-06-13 Thread hertzog
Repository: debian-cd who:hertzog time: Wed Jun 13 14:11:37 PDT 2001 Log Message: * Adding basic checks about the existence of some directories. * Export MKISOFS variable. Files: changed:Makefile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: PowerMac booting, dilemma

2001-06-13 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:24:13AM -0800, Ethan Benson écrivait: > the problem is in order for it to do so i must use command line > switches not compatible with mkhybrid. this means either powerpc > images are made only with mkhybrid, or only with mkisofs (from woody, > potato's won't work). >

Re: PowerMac booting, dilemma

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:12:51PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Actually you can't know which one is used. But I can export the > MKISOFS variable and you could check against it. It contains the name > of the command that will be used. It's just a matter of adding > "export " just before th