Fedora Core 4 PPC usb boot image

Paul Nasrat pnasrat at redhat.com
Fri Mar 18 15:23:47 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 15:13 +0000, Paul Nasrat wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 14:13 +0100, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote: 
> > Paul Nasrat wrote:
> > 
> > >Here is a 32 bit image that will boot your mac off a usb key
> > >[...]
> > >dd if=ppcboot.img of=/dev/sda bs=1k
> > 
> > done
> > 
> > > >[...]
> > > >pop the usb key into your mac. Power up holding the option key (alt)
> > >down and you should get the graphical chooser. Choose the disk with the
> > >USB logo below it and the small tux log.
> > >
> > >Click on the -> arrow and it should take you there.
> > 
> > no luck, does not work here.
> > the only 2 boot devices i can see:
> >   mac os x  (hda2)
> >   linux = fc3-rawhide  (hda4)
> > but not the usb-stick, the usb-stick-led (256mb) is flickering
> > afaik the mac can not boot from usb but firwire [T].
> 
> Works for me on my ibook with the chooser.  On a G5 I've just tested the
> chooser didn't find it.  I know at least one other person was able to do
> it
> 
> In OF can you do
> 
> devalias - note down your usb devices, then for each usb device (eg
> usb1, usb2) try doing:
> 
> dir usb1/disk at 1,1:\

Actually as disk@ can change

dev usb1
ls

is probably better correct boot line in OF:

boot usb1/disk at 1:,\\:tbxi

edit the device path as necessary





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