Re: howto create boot-floppy-hfs.img for oldworld macs ?

2004-02-24 Thread Holger Levsen
which is built is to big for a floppy: > >3218566 2004-02-20 23:12:32 ./boot/vmlinux-2.4.23-ben1 >1077339 2004-02-20 23:12:32 ./boot/vmlinux.coff-2.4.23-ben1 > > What is that vmlinux.coff ? > > Then I use hcopy from package hfsutils to copy kernel on woodys > boot-flopp

howto create boot-floppy-hfs.img for oldworld macs ?

2004-02-24 Thread Holger Levsen
-2.4.23-ben1 1077339 2004-02-20 23:12:32 ./boot/vmlinux.coff-2.4.23-ben1 What is that vmlinux.coff ? Then I use hcopy from package hfsutils to copy kernel on woodys boot-floppy-hfs.img-floppy. When I boot the 4400 I see an image of a mac overlapped with the pinguin ;-) but after the disk is

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-10-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am going mad. I am trying to make these Performa boot for may be 2 months > now... > The situation is the following: these Performa are for use in a > university, and since I can't make them boot from the harddrive, I need a boot > floppy. But I would like the boot pr

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-10-07 Thread damsnet
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 02:40:31PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: > > > > by the way, could you please tell me what kernel to use on a boot > > floppy, cause I tested > > with /usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff but it fails to boot. > > I see a > > little penguin and

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-10-07 Thread damsnet
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 02:40:31PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: > > > > by the way, could you please tell me what kernel to use on a boot > > floppy, cause I tested > > with /usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff but it fails to boot. > > I see a > > little penguin and

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 10:42:31AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the LinuxPPC 2000 cd is bootable on my Performa, and it shows a nice splash i am so sick of hearing about LinuxPPC. > screen with "Yaboot" on boot. And then I can choose graphically between its *NOT* yaboot. believe me i kn

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-27 Thread damsnet
On 27-Sep-2001 Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:52:43AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> you mean I should not use arch/ppc/boot/zvmlinux for a bootdisk? That's a >> very >> interesting information since I always used this one :) and that's probably >> why >> it never worked.

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:52:43AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > you mean I should not use arch/ppc/boot/zvmlinux for a bootdisk? That's a very > interesting information since I always used this one :) and that's probably > why > it never worked. I suppose the right one is arch/ppc/coffboot

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-26 Thread damsnet
On 26-Sep-2001 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 02:39:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> no I forgot, I am going to try with it. But why the kernel which is in the >> kernel-image-2.2.19-pmac package has a size of 2.7Mo, and the kernel I >> generate from its .config has a si

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-26 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 02:39:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > no I forgot, I am going to try with it. But why the kernel which is in the > kernel-image-2.2.19-pmac package has a size of 2.7Mo, and the kernel I > generate from its .config has a size of 1Mo? That's not right. Are you using t

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-26 Thread damsnet
t; >> do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to >> >> generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img >> >> (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.13-2001-0 >> >> 8-2 >> >> 5/powermac/images-1

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-25 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
> >> generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img > >> (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.13-2001-08-2 > >> 5/powermac/images-1.44/boot-floppy-hfs.img > >> to be exact). > >> > >> Thanks in advance.

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-25 Thread damsnet
On 11-Sep-2001 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to >> generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img >> (http://ftp.de

Re: .config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-11 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Damien Morel wrote: > Hi, > > do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to > generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img > (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.13-2001-08-25/power

.config for boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-09-11 Thread Damien Morel
Hi, do some of you know where can I find the .config file used to generate the kernel on powerpc's boot-floppy-hfs.img (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.13-2001-08-25/powermac/images-1.44/boot-floppy-hfs.img to be exact). Thanks in advance. Dams.

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img + boot

2001-08-29 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 05:11:25PM +0900, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > where do I specify the kernel arguments (it seems I can't compile > > them directly into the kernel as for PReP arch)? > > This floppy image uses the miBoot bootloader. AFAIK, you can either > enter the kernel arguments into the

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img + boot

2001-08-29 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Damien Morel writes: > and do you know how to make the floppy bootable again if I change > the kernel? You need to bless the root directory of the floppy. The exact syntax for the appropriate hfsutils command is `hattrib -b :'. > where do I specify the kernel arguments (it seems I can't c

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img + boot

2001-08-28 Thread Damien Morel
Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > Hi, > > Damien Morel writes: > > > could someone tell me how the image: [...]/boot-floppy-hfs.img is > > done? > > > > Because I can't mount it as a loop device and I would like to modify > > things on it... > &g

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-08-28 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Damien Morel writes: > could someone tell me how the image: [...]/boot-floppy-hfs.img is > done? > > Because I can't mount it as a loop device and I would like to modify > things on it... Are you sure you have HFS enabled in your kernel? If not, have you tried the hmou

boot-floppy-hfs.img

2001-08-28 Thread Damien Morel
Hi could someone tell me how the image: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.13-2001-08-25/powermac/images-1.44/boot-floppy-hfs.img is done? Because I can't mount it as a loop device and I would like to modify things on it... thx in advance. Dams

Re: Booting boot-floppy-hfs.img and losing console

2001-01-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:02:57PM -0800, Andrew Sharp wrote: > Known bug. Can you boot using BootX from macos? That is probably the easiest > if your CDROM isn't capable of booting. If it is, make yourself a CD and boot > from that. Or, get your hands on the floppy from the previous release of

Re: Booting boot-floppy-hfs.img and losing console

2001-01-25 Thread Andrew Sharp
much like "work" for me. ~:^) a Stuart Andrews wrote: > Dear List > > Does anyone know the BootX arguments to get to console to go to > /dev/ttya ( /or /dev/ttyS0 ). I can't seem to get the keyboard > active on the 7300 for the boot-floppy-hfs.img boot. I

Booting boot-floppy-hfs.img and losing console

2001-01-25 Thread Stuart Andrews
Dear List Does anyone know the BootX arguments to get to console to go to /dev/ttya ( /or /dev/ttyS0 ). I can't seem to get the keyboard active on the 7300 for the boot-floppy-hfs.img boot. I have seen references in the News archives but didn't want to trawl thru all that. TI

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 09:54:55PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > Um, Dan, this is getting confusing. The Dan to whom Ethan Benson sent > > that long ago message was not even you, was it? And I was certainly > > not trying to make a point about CD images, not having seen any of > > the

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 07:31:20PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote: >On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 04:17:26PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote: >>> Dan: add the following line to your maps file for mkhybrid when >>> creating CD images: >>> >>> .imgRaw 'ddsk'

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread John R. MacPhail
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 04:17:26PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote: >> Dan: add the following line to your maps file for mkhybrid when >> creating CD images: >> >> .imgRaw 'ddsk''DDim' "floppy_image" >> >> this will cause the image files

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 04:17:26PM -0400, John R. MacPhail wrote: >> Dan: add the following line to your maps file for mkhybrid when >> creating CD images: >> >> .imgRaw 'ddsk''DDim' "floppy_image" >> >> this will cause the image files on the CD to show up

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread John R. MacPhail
> I want a physical rescue floppy. (I am relucant to depend on my > Iomega Zip drive, as they appear to provide MacOS-only software for > it. My CD drive is read-only, and somewhat unreliable.) >=20 > Under Disk Copy (version 6.3.3), boot-floppy-hfs.img does yield

Re: boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-29 Thread Ethan Benson
(version 6.3.3), boot-floppy-hfs.img does yield a > virtual floppy disk, which Apple's Finder says has `2.6 MB on disk > (2,801,704 bytes) for 11 items'. Yet it is supposedly a 1.4 MB disk. > What gives? did you double click the image file? if so you likely ruined it, disc co

boot-floppy-hfs.img

2000-08-28 Thread John R. MacPhail
I want a physical rescue floppy. (I am relucant to depend on my Iomega Zip drive, as they appear to provide MacOS-only software for it. My CD drive is read-only, and somewhat unreliable.) Under Disk Copy (version 6.3.3), boot-floppy-hfs.img does yield a virtual floppy disk, which Apple's F