Author: sparky Date: Sun Mar 5 01:09:20 2006 New Revision: 7093 Added: ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.usb_boot Log: - short doc for usb-booting
Added: ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.usb_boot ============================================================================== --- (empty file) +++ ppcrcd/trunk/doc/README.usb_boot Sun Mar 5 01:09:20 2006 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Prepare image on usb-storage: + 1. the easiest way: + $ dd if=ppcrcd.iso of=/dev/sda + but you will not be able to put anything else on such device + + 2. prepare mac-partitions, like this: + /dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map + /dev/sda2 Apple_HFS PPCRCD 122880 @ 64 ( 60.0M) HFS + /dev/sda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Data 880576 @ 122944 (430.0M) Linux native + + format as HFS + $ hformat -l PPCRCD /dev/sda2 + + mount destination and copy all files from CD image: + $ sudo mount -t hfs /dev/sda2 mnt + $ sudo cp -a /path/to/cd/* mnt/ + $ sudo umount mnt + + set chrp-script atribute: + $ hmount /dev/sda2 + $ hattrib -b :ppc + $ hcd ppc + $ hattrib -t tbxi -c TBXI bootinfo.txt + $ humount + + this way you have rest of disk for use under linux + + + +Now, how to boot: + +1. connect usb-disk and reboot + +2. press Command-Option-O-F (Apple-Alt-O-F) to enter open firmware + +3. look for usb* aliases: + 0 > devalias + +4. check for one with usb-disk: + 0 > dev usb0 ls + ok + 0 > dev usb1 ls + ff9dc2c0: /[EMAIL PROTECTED] + ok + 0 > dev usb2 ls + ok + +5. boot script: + 0 > boot usb1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\\:tbxi + + where: + "usb1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is device path + "2" is partition where PPCRCD files are + "\\:tbxi" is chrp-script file + _______________________________________________ pld-cvs-commit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-cvs-commit
