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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>
To: gentoo-releng@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] doc + genkernel updates for ppc
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:12:41
Message-Id: 20040305081344.GD1975@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-releng] doc + genkernel updates for ppc by Pieter Van den Abeele
1 On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:08:39PM +0100, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
2 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=924986#924986
3 [...]
4
5 lcs wrote:
6 > 2) The manual is confusing to a Mac and Linux/PPC newbie like me. I
7 > created the Apple_Bootstrap partition per the instructions. Then, in
8 > the next chapter, I mounted this partition as /boot, which is not
9 > really a good idea, since there is no way the kernels will fit!
10
11 Okay; so I assume the Apple_Bootstrap partition doesn't need to be mounted as
12 /boot. Could you give me a bit more information on how this is handled then?
13 I based the instructions on the gentoo-ppc-install.xml and comments I
14 received from #gentoo-ppc (plus had PPC ppl review the instructions) so I
15 guessed the instructions were correct.
16
17 Is it sufficient to tell the PPC user that the Apple_Bootstrap partition
18 doesn't need to be mounted?
19
20 I'll add the yaboot-G5 stuff to the handbook asap.
21
22 Wkr,
23 Sven Vermeulen
24
25 --
26 ^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good.
27 (oo) Sven Vermeulen
28 (__) http://www.gentoo.org Documentation & PR

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Re: [gentoo-releng] doc + genkernel updates for ppc Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>