Module Name: src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Sun Jul 7 15:53:56 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/macppc: install
Log Message:
Pre-release ISO installers should now be bootable, so drop a paragraph
that's no longer relevant. (Was PR port-macppc/54537.)
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.42 -r1.43 src/distrib/notes/macppc/install
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/macppc/install
diff -u src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.42 src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.43
--- src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.42 Thu Nov 21 19:23:19 2019
+++ src/distrib/notes/macppc/install Sun Jul 7 15:53:56 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.42 2019/11/21 19:23:19 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.43 2024/07/07 15:53:56 gutteridge Exp $
.
.Ss2 Open Firmware boot syntax
.
@@ -808,17 +808,6 @@ and for Open Firmware 3 machines, it mus
a kernel).
Make sure that you have use binary mode to FTP the files, and
that they are properly uncompressed.
-.Pp
-NB this error will occur with pre-release ISO installer images, because
-they are automatically generated, and it is not presently possible to create
-the necessary hybrid ISO9660/HFS image format without manual steps. Only
-formal release ISO installer images are bootable. If you wish to test a pre-
-release, you must start with an
-.Pa ofwboot.xcf
-or
-.Pa ofwboot.elf
-installed from a formal release (or place a newer version of such in a
-location that is bootable from), and then use that to boot the newer kernel.
.It
.To 2 "bad partition number, using 0no bootable HFS partition"
.Dq Li "bad partition number, using 0no bootable HFS partition"
