Jake Luck  (netbsd@10k.org) wrote:

>Pefect, that sounds like a place where I can do some work. I will keep you
>guys posted on my progress of code migration. 
>

Jake,

This is great!  Please contact me via private e-mail if you have any 
questions about the sysinst/mac68k code and I'll try to help you out.  If 
at all possible it would be nice to keep the code as common as possible 
between the two ports.

-bob

>
>
>> This is correct.  Sysinst/macppc only knows how to populate a dedicated 
>> disk; it does not know how to partition and populated an HFS disk like 
>> sysinst/mac68k.  As far as I know no one has tried pulling sysinst/mac68k 
>> into the macppc port. My efforts to do so have been hampered by system 
>> crashes trying to build the parts and pieces of an Installation kernel 
>> for it.  The sysinst/mac68k code shouldn't have much problem running on 
>> the macppc port.  The Apple disk Partition Map is identical for both 
>> mac68k and macppc systems.
>> 
>> You have identified the correct file, but you still need to grovel around 
>> and find out where the bootstrap is written so it can be disabled.  It's 
>> not in this file but there is probably a call in here that invokes the 
>> routine that does the job.
>>