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diff --git a/eu/install-methods/floppy/powerpc.xml b/eu/install-methods/floppy/powerpc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index adc4055da..000000000 --- a/eu/install-methods/floppy/powerpc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,119 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 11648 untranslated --> - - - <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/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 `X' 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 `Make a Floppy' from the -<userinput>Utilities</userinput> menu, 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 -`Overwrite Sectors...' 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 `Eject' from -the <userinput>File</userinput> menu. 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> |