Re: G5 Suddenly Can't Boot Into GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Apr 28, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > On 4/28/19 18:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> Hi! >> >> On 4/25/19 9:20 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Best would be, of course, to fix the ofpathname from the IBM utils package. >>> >>> Could you give more details as to wh

Re: Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 4/28/19 11:15 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Probably answering my second question: > > I just checked the OF on my 11,2 type Power Mac G5 and it - in addition > to `fat-files` (I assume this contains support for FAT file systems) > `mac-files` (I assume this contains support for HFS) - has > `hfs

Re: Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi again, On 4/28/19 21:56, Frank Scheiner wrote: Other question: Does anybody know if NewWorld Power Macs could maybe also boot from HFS+ instead of HFS or FAT(16)? Probably answering my second question: I just checked the OF on my 11,2 type Power Mac G5 and it - in addition to `fat-files` (

Re: Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > One could do it with HFS like Fedora ISO does with HFS+. > > A small HFS+ filesystem image is marked in APM as Apple_HFS. In the ISO > > it has the name /images/macboot.img. Frank Scheiner wrote: > Is that the same method as what `mkfs.hfs` can do with option: > -w Adds an HF

Re: Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi, On 4/28/19 21:49, Thomas Schmitt wrote: One could do it with HFS like Fedora ISO does with HFS+. A small HFS+ filesystem image is marked in APM as Apple_HFS. In the ISO it has the name /images/macboot.img. Is that the same method as what `mkfs.hfs` can do with option: ``` -w Adds an H

Re: Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > So, the first question is whether xorriso supports HFS volumes No. Only HFS+, contributed by Vladimir Serbinenko for x86 Macs and used in grub-mkrescue ISOs for x86 EFI. The xorrisofs options used by grub-mkrescue for HFS+ are: -hfsplus -apm-block-size 2

Re: G5 Suddenly Can't Boot Into GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 4/28/19 18:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi! On 4/25/19 9:20 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Best would be, of course, to fix the ofpathname from the IBM utils package. Could you give more details as to why you believe this would be 'best' ? While I never had feedback from neither IBM

Switching debian-installer CD images to GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! After successfully switching debian-installer CD images for sparc/sparc64(*) over to GRUB from SILO, I would like to tackle the CD images for powerpc and ppc64 next. The first step would probably to copy the boot configuration from ppc64el in debian-installer [1] and debian-cd [2] and adapt i

Re: G5 Suddenly Can't Boot Into GRUB

2019-04-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! On 4/25/19 9:20 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Best would be, of course, to fix the ofpathname from the IBM utils package. > > Could you give more details as to why you believe this would be 'best' > ? While I never had feedback from neither IBM group nor GRUB group > about my (WIP) patches,