I'd like to be able to simply boot off of the hard disk from with only an ext2 partition on the disk and nothing else. I must admit that I'm new to the PPC architecture so if this is already possible please let me know.
thanks, Andy Michel D�nzer wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > I have been thinking about the way kernel-images currently handle the > > standard bootloader and boot-floppy questions on installation. > > > > Right now its rather deficient on powerpc as it assumes all PowerPCs > > are created equal which is far from the truth: > > > > it assumes all powerpcs use quik as the bootloader > > it assumes all powerpcs have floppy drives > > it assumes its possible to create a boot floppy on all powerpcs. > > > > NewWorld powermacs all lack floppy drives so it would seem logical to > > simply default to do_bootfloppy = False if the machine is a NewWorld > > powermac. > > > > however its impossible to really make a very useful bootfloppy on > > powermac in general, for oldworld we can copy the .coff kernel to a > > floppy which might be manually bootable via OF, but thats about it. i > > don't know about other powerpc subarchs. > > > > the bootloader stuff is what i am not entirely sure should be done > > with. yaboot/ybin does not really require anything to be done on > > kernel installation assuming /etc/yaboot.conf references the /vmlinux > > or /boot/vmlinux symlinks, kernel-image will update those > > automatically. the same is true of silo too but kernel-image does do > > a little bit with silo at least. > > > > I would like to hear what people thing the kernel-image packages > > should do on non-OldWorld PowerMacs as far as bootloader setup, and > > boot-floppy creation. at that point filing a bug against > > kernel-package asking for the changes will be done. > > APUS has its own, BootX/loadlin-style bootloader which resides on the AmigaOS > side completely. I already contacted the kernel-package maintainer about this, > asking him about his thoughts on just prompting the user to undertake the > necessary steps to boot the new kernel (it currently thinks we use LILO > *shudder*), but haven't got any response yet. > > -- > Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew D. Dixon Software Engineer Seranao Networks 978-8973434 x231
