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diff --git a/tools/ppc/README b/tools/ppc/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fd1aaae03 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/ppc/README @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Mini-Howto on burning Mandrake PPC Bootable CD's for Apple G3/G4 systems +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +email: John Buswell <johnb@mandrakesoft.com> + +To create a disk image simply use the mkINSTALLCD script provided in this +directory. The path you provide the script should point to the root directory +for the CD. + +For example after you have built the gi install with /export, simply pass +/export to the script as the distribution path and a name for the image. +Once the image is built you can use hmount, humount, hdir, hcd and hattrib +to modify and inspect the image before you commit it to CD-R. + +Before you run the script make sure the CD version of iBoot is in the +iBoot directory below /export (eg. /export/iBoot), if you want to use some +other directory then simply modify the script. Beware, HFS is not case +sensitive, so if you already have an INSTALL file you cannot create install. + +Currently iBoot sports two trees, one for the install CD and another for +regular usage. These will be merged shortly and a simply #define can be used +in the Makefile to implement one or the other from a single binary. + +Enjoy!! + + +Addendum: 3/15/2001 Stew Benedict <sbenedict@mandrakesoft.com> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +A couple of changes. + +I've opted to standardize on yaboot, which is user configurable, so the script +is modified now to use yaboot. + +Secondly, since mkhybrid merged with mkisofs, the hybrid images it creates are +read-only, so one is unable to mount the image and bless the boot directory for +booting. Consequently, I've included the binary for mkhybrid-1.12b5.4, which +does work. + + |