On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 03:37:52PM -0400, ay wrote: > > Hi, I have an RS/6000 860 portable. I have debian ppc installed on > it. The Debian PPC CD image was bootable for me, but the kernel wasnt > correct and would bomb out. I tried to roll my own bootable CD with > mkisofs, as a rockridge extensions, and a kernel image that works from > floppy, as and El torito bootable CD. This cd is not bootable although > mountable as ISO-9660. I was looking for some insight as to the format of > the Debian PPC cd image and how it is bootable on my PReP machine, so > I can make my own. I am > currently sans floppy drive and would like to be able to test and compile > kernels properly and the PReP boot isnt like LILO ;( ... Any help would > be great. Ill have a floppy drive soon, but CD booting is much faster!
Check debian-cd, the scripts for making the images. It's a special option to mkhybrid, I believe "-prep-boot BOOTFILE" Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
