On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 12:57 -0400, Sam Imberman wrote:
> I have a Powerbook G4 12" that I no longer use, that I would like to
> contribute to someone who will use it for the improvement of
> Debian/Linux on these computers.
If you don't find any takers, you can list it on the hardware donations
On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 04:58:06PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Well, it works with ISO images, that's the point. The installation CDs use
> iso9660
> as their filesystem and they have a blessed bootloader which shows in the
> firmware's
> boot menu.
>
> Thomas Schmitt briefly
Hi,
Frank Scheiner wrote:
> > I believe you
> > can't have both FAT as OF bootstrap partition **and** blessing.
The only way would be that Apple had defined some protocol using the
specified capabilities of FAT, by which blessing and other Apple-specific
file properties can be expressed, and
Hi all,
I have a Powerbook G4 12" that I no longer use, that I would like to
contribute to someone who will use it for the improvement of Debian/Linux
on these computers. I am in Canada and would only request that the
recipient cover the cost of shipping. If you are interested, please contact
me
Hi Adrian,
On 5/10/23 3:36 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 11:25 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
>> On 10.05.23 10:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> If we could get Apple PowerMac machines to boot from a FAT filesystem, the
>>> licensing
>>>
Hi!
On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 16:50 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> On 10.05.23 11:36, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > Does your approach include a blessing tool?
>
> Not that I know of. The grub image (a copy of GRUB's `core.elf`) in the
> root of the OF bootstrap partition is configured in the
Hallo,
On 10.05.23 11:36, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Does your approach include a blessing tool?
Not that I know of. The grub image (a copy of GRUB's `core.elf`) in the
root of the OF bootstrap partition is configured in the OF environment
var `boot-device`. OF therefore knows what file
Hi Adrian!
thank you for detailed explanation. I am in situation, when installing
Debian Sid after several years. Previously I have Debian 8 ( with yaboot
) and then Debian 10 with some grub workaround. I simply forgot howto do
it an cannot find the new how-to.
This info is perfect. So I
Hello!
On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 11:25 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> On 10.05.23 10:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > [...]
> > If we could get Apple PowerMac machines to boot from a FAT filesystem, the
> > licensing
> > issue with hfsprogs would no longer be a headache. According to Apple's
Hi Adrian,
On 10.05.23 10:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
[...]
If we could get Apple PowerMac machines to boot from a FAT filesystem, the
licensing
issue with hfsprogs would no longer be a headache. According to Apple's
documentation,
booting from a FAT boot partition should work [4]
Hi,
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> What's the alternative HFS+ tree of the ISO? Does it write a small HFS+
> filesystem onto the ISO image?
Alternative trees are tradition in ISO 9660: Joliet, ISO 9660:1999, UDF.
They can refer to the same data file content as the ISO 9660 tree, but
have
Hello!
Since this topic is coming up from time to time, here a short rundown why
making the bootloader installation on Apple PowerMac systems work properly.
Installing a bootloader on a PowerMac requires an HFS or HFS+ partition where
the initial bootloader must be copied and "blessed" such that
Hello!
On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 10:03 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> > I just don't know how to bless a bootloader located on a FAT partition.
> > I know that xorriso does it and it works on ISO9660 filesystems, but I
> > don't understand how.
>
> xorriso attributes
Hi,
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> I just don't know how to bless a bootloader located on a FAT partition.
> I know that xorriso does it and it works on ISO9660 filesystems, but I
> don't understand how.
xorriso attributes blessing to an alternative HFS+ tree of the ISO.
This HFS+ tree is
Hi Stan!
Apologies for the late reply!
On Tue, 2023-05-02 at 12:35 -0600, Stan Johnson wrote:
> On 5/2/23 7:24 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > The former issue could be resolved if someone could find out how to boot
> > a PowerPC Mac from a FAT32 boot partition. It's
Hi,
after several years I want to install Debian Sid again on my Powermac G5
Quad and AmigaOne X1000.
Please, what is the right steps for installing on Powermac G5?
1. I tried debian-11.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso from
/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2022-12-09
but there is no hfs tools and
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