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Re: booting from USB device



On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:10:31AM +1000, Justin Kelly wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I have been using a usb pendrive linux distro
> http://featherlinux.berlios.de/ on x86 for a while am an intertested in
> porting it to ppc
> 
> But..
>  
> was wondering if anyone know if you can boot a mac from a usb pendrive
> with or without yaboot installed, 

you need an 800K Apple_Bootstrap partition with yaboot properly
installed on it, this partition can be on the pendrive.  ofpath
doesn't support those so you will have to specify the OF device paths
in /etc/yaboot.conf so ybin can install on the device properly.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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