Re: multi-architecture powerpc CD?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Apr 30, 2008, at 21:11, Tim Rightnour wrote:

> I was thinking we should attempt to create a multi-architecture  
> powerpc CD.
> There are a few things to figure out first:
>
> 1) What ports are CD-bootable at present?  ofppc, macppc, prep.   
> Any others?
>
> 2) What is the method of making the cd bootable on macppc?  For  
> prep we write a
> fdisk partition to the head of the iso image.  Is that incompatible  
> with macppc?

Don't think so - IIRC all Apple OF versions can read ofwboot.xcf from  
an ISO 9660 filesystem.
I wouldn't be surprised if at least old world OF also understands  
prep bootable CDs ( or whatever /packages/aix-boot is for )

> 4) Is it possible to put symlinks on a cd?  If so, we could share  
> some of the
> common sets between the arches to save space.  If not, is there  
> another trick
> we could use?

Wasn't there an extension to iso9660 that implements unix-like  
filesystem semantics, including symlinks? OF probably doesn't support  
it though.

have fun
Michael

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