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+  <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>Writing Disk Images From MacOS</title>
+<para>
+
+An AppleScript, <application>Make Debian Floppy</application>, is
+available for burning floppies from the provided disk image files. It
+can be downloaded from
+<ulink url="ftp://ftp2.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/d/de/debian-imac/MakeDebianFloppy.sit"></ulink>. To
+use it, just unstuff it on your desktop, and then drag any floppy
+image file to it. You must have Applescript installed and enabled in
+your extensions manager. Disk Copy will ask you to confirm that you
+wish to erase the floppy and proceed to write the file image to it.
+
+</para><para>
+
+You can also use the MacOS utility <command>Disk Copy</command>
+directly, or the freeware utility <command>suntar</command>. The
+<filename>root.bin</filename> file is an example of a floppy
+image. Use one of the following methods to create a floppy from the
+floppy image with these utilities.
+
+</para>
+
+   <sect3>
+   <title>Writing Disk Images with <command>Disk Copy</command></title>
+<para>
+
+If you are creating the floppy image from files which were originally
+on the official &debian; CD, then the Type and Creator are already set
+correctly. The following <command>Creator-Changer</command> steps are
+only necessary if you downloaded the image files from a Debian mirror.
+
+</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Obtain
+<ulink url="&url-powerpc-creator-changer;">Creator-Changer</ulink>
+and use it to open the <filename>root.bin</filename> file.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Change the Creator to <userinput>ddsk</userinput> (Disk Copy), and the
+Type to <userinput>DDim</userinput> (binary floppy image). The case is
+sensitive for these fields.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+<emphasis>Important:</emphasis> In the Finder, use <userinput>Get
+Info</userinput> to display the Finder information about the floppy
+image, and <quote>X</quote> the <userinput>File Locked</userinput> check box so
+that MacOS will be unable to remove the boot blocks if the image is
+accidentally mounted.
+
+</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>
+
+Obtain <command>Disk Copy</command>; if you have a MacOS system or CD it
+will very likely be there already, otherwise try
+<ulink url="&url-powerpc-diskcopy;"></ulink>.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Run <command>Disk Copy</command>, and select <menuchoice>
+<guimenu>Utilities</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Make a Floppy</guimenuitem>
+</menuchoice>, then select the
+<emphasis>locked</emphasis> image file from the resulting dialog. It
+will ask you to insert a floppy, then ask if you really want to erase
+it. When done it should eject the floppy.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+   </sect3>
+
+   <sect3>
+   <title>Writing Disk Images with <command>suntar</command></title>
+<para>
+
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Obtain <command>suntar</command> from <ulink url="&url-powerpc-suntar;">
+</ulink>. Start the <command>suntar</command> program and select
+<quote>Overwrite Sectors...</quote> from the <userinput>Special</userinput>
+menu.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Insert the floppy disk as requested, then hit &enterkey; (start at
+sector 0).
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Select the <filename>root.bin</filename> file in the file-opening dialog.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+After the floppy has been created successfully, select <menuchoice>
+<guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Eject</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+If there are any errors writing the floppy, simply toss that floppy and
+try another.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+Before using the floppy you created, <emphasis>set the write protect
+tab</emphasis>!  Otherwise if you accidentally mount it in MacOS,
+MacOS will helpfully ruin it.
+
+</para>
+   </sect3>
+  </sect2>