Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/05/05 11:13), Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Is there any documentation on these partition maps? > > > > > > Use the source, Luke. Or search the Apple techinfo database. I don't know > > > of any other documentation. > > > > Apple's documentation of this stuff is surprisingly useful. If you

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-25 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > Is there any documentation on these partition maps? > > > > Use the source, Luke. Or search the Apple techinfo database. I don't know > > of any other documentation. > > Apple's documentation of this stuff is surprisingly useful. If you really > care about reading or writing them, look on the

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-24 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 11:26:24AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Is there any documentation on these partition maps? > > Use the source, Luke. Or search the Apple techinfo database. I don't know > of any other documentation. Apple's documentation of this stuff is surprisingly useful. If you r

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Schmitz
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:33 pm, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > That's the partition table itself. Apple found it merits its own entry in > > the partition map. As such, mac-fdisk will also create this entry. > > Is there any documentation on these partition maps? Use the source, Luke. Or search the Ap

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-24 Thread James Buchanan
On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:33 pm, Michael Schmitz wrote: > That's the partition table itself. Apple found it merits its own entry in > the partition map. As such, mac-fdisk will also create this entry. Is there any documentation on these partition maps? > These two contain code to let MacOS boot from

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Not sure about the apple partition, but a mac-fdisk on mine reports > three partitions around the size you mention. /dev/hda1 type: > Apple_partition_map name: Apple Size 31.5k System: partition map, That's the partition table itself. Apple found it merits its own entry in the partition map. A

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-23 Thread Till Straumann
Regarding PPC architecture, assembly etc.: The 32-bit PowerPC architecture and assembly language are extensively (including caches, MMU etc.) described e.g., here: http://www.freescale.com/files/product/doc/MPCFPE32B.pdf On the FreeScale (motorola) site you can also find documents describing Al

Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-23 Thread Mike S
James Buchanan wrote: Hi everyone, I'm new to the PowerPC platform, and tried to install Sarge netinst this evening. My experience with the printk messages being suppressed during package installation is in another post to debian-powerpc and debian-boot lists. Can someone tell me what the

PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

2005-05-23 Thread James Buchanan
Hi everyone, I'm new to the PowerPC platform, and tried to install Sarge netinst this evening. My experience with the printk messages being suppressed during package installation is in another post to debian-powerpc and debian-boot lists. Can someone tell me what the various partitions are fo