tech-kern: Re: Possible to build a powerpc disk (disklabel + fs) on an i386?

Subject: Re: Possible to build a powerpc disk (disklabel + fs) on an i386?
To: Tad Hunt <tad@entrisphere.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/10/2001 17:32:35

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:12:32PM -0800, Tad Hunt wrote:
> 
> I want to install a NetBSD powerpc distribution on an IBM microdrive from
> an i386 NetBSD machine.  I can talk to the disk from both the x86 PC and
> from the powerpc machines, but I think the disklabels are different.
> 
> Is this possible?

You have to find a way to croos-compile the powerpc installboot and
disklebel (with the rigth MD headers), and then it should be OK.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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