Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:13:25 +0200 From: "Niels S. Eliasen" <nse@delfi-konsult.com> To: grehan@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rescue FreeBSD (PowerPC)?? Message-ID: <DD04B9E7-97B6-4E1F-88E2-DDB3C0640146@delfi-konsult.com> In-Reply-To: <4861EB3E.8000501@freebsd.org> References: <3CC3A394-8C85-4BBA-A52A-2045441F9398@delfi-konsult.com> <CC0F007C-9F0B-42D0-87C3-3D05BC4FE6D9@delfi-konsult.com> <8e0ed1e00806241821m340fd33eu791a3a5542457da4@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806242216i52cee175o35ad25d587260879@mail.gmail.com> <4861EB3E.8000501@freebsd.org>
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Just a small comment: might be an idea to get the NetBSD guys along.. same problem applies there! Don't know about OpenBSD though..... Den 25/06/2008 kl. 8.52 skrev Peter Grehan: >> The new "LiveCD" for x86 and amd64 isn't half bad, and feels a lot >> like the installer disk. > > The reason this isn't being built as part of the pp release > process is that it hasn't been determined what the mkisofs switches > are to create a bootable hybrid 9660/HFS image and also deal with > the hard links that FreeBSD creates without blowing out the size > beyond a CD. > > So here's a call to action for ppc hackers: experiment and see if > you can work out what the magic incantation is. Start off by > looking at the scripts in src/release/powerpc. > > later, > > Peter. kind regards nse "Ach, crivens, what a wee snotter....." Quote from "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchetthome | help
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