Module Name: src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Sun Oct 6 17:56:45 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/macppc: install
Log Message:
Add a note about pre-release ISO installers not being bootable. Relates
to PR port-macppc/54537. (This needs to also be placed in a more
prominent location. I've added it next to the explanation of the error
message for starters.)
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.40 -r1.41 src/distrib/notes/macppc/install
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/macppc/install
diff -u src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.40 src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.41
--- src/distrib/notes/macppc/install:1.40 Tue Nov 13 18:48:25 2018
+++ src/distrib/notes/macppc/install Sun Oct 6 17:56:45 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.40 2018/11/13 18:48:25 scole Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.41 2019/10/06 17:56:45 gutteridge Exp $
.
.Ss2 Open Firmware boot syntax
.
@@ -808,6 +808,17 @@ 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"
