Re: bootable cd

On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 06:09:40PM +0100, Dieter Baron
wrote:
> hi,
> 
> all but macppc and mac68k have been switched to makefs
for creating
> bootable install CDs recently.  We are in the process
of proposing a
> Google Summer of Code project to add the missing
features to makefs.
> 
> macppc uses mkisofs's -hfs option to create a hybrid
(HFS/ISO9660)
> image, whereas mac68k uses -appple to use Apple
Extensions to ISO9660.
> Since -apple is considerably less effort, my question
is if that would
> suffice for macppc as well, or if it really needs a
hybrid image.

Oh!  I did not know that.  My hunch is that that if -apple
will suffice
to boot mac68k machines, it will boot newer macppc machines,
too.
If somebody will build a bootable macppc CD with -apple, I
will try it
out on a couple of macppc clones.

Dave

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