source: final-system/ppc/powerpc-utils.xml@ 0877a18

Last change on this file since 0877a18 was 0877a18, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r664@server (orig r662): manuel | 2005-11-08 14:13:28 -0800
Removing SBUs and DUs. Chapter final-system, round 2.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-powerpc-utils" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="powerpc-utils.html"?>
12
13 <title>Powerpc-Utils_&powerpcutils-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils">
16 <primary sortas="a-Powerpc-Utils">Powerpc-Utils</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Powerpc-Utils package contains a number of utilities for Power
23 Macintoshes and other similar machines. Most of these utilities are now
24 obsolete, but <command>nvsetenv</command> is needed by <command>ybin</command>
25 to install the bootloader on an hfs partition.</para>
26
27 <segmentedlist>
28 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
29
30 <seglistitem>
31 <seg>GCC, Gzip, Make, and Patch</seg>
32 </seglistitem>
33 </segmentedlist>
34
35 </sect2>
36
37 <sect2 role="installation">
38 <title>Installation of Powerpc-Utils</title>
39
40 <para>This package, originally pmac-utils, has issues with NewWorld macintoshes.
41 The following debian patch fixes these issues and generally updates the package,
42 although it also introduces a bogus warning to update the kernel headers.</para>
43
44<screen><userinput>zcat ../&powerpcutils-patch; | patch -p1</userinput></screen>
45
46 <para>Compile the useful programs:</para>
47
48<screen><userinput>make nvsetenv nvsetvol</userinput></screen>
49
50 <para>Install the package:</para>
51
52<screen><userinput>install -m755 nvsetenv nvsetvol /usr/sbin
53install -m644 nvsetvol.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>
54
55 </sect2>
56
57 <sect2 id="contents-powerpc-utils" role="content">
58 <title>Contents of Powerpc-Utils</title>
59
60 <segmentedlist>
61 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
62
63 <seglistitem>
64 <seg>nvsetenv, nvsetvol</seg>
65 </seglistitem>
66 </segmentedlist>
67
68 <variablelist>
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
70 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
71 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
72
73 <varlistentry id="nvsetenv">
74 <term><command>nvsetenv</command></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>Manipulate variables in the non-volatile RAM.</para>
77 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetenv">
78 <primary sortas="b-nvsetenv">nvsetenv</primary>
79 </indexterm>
80 </listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 <varlistentry id="nvsetvol">
84 <term><command>nvsetvol</command></term>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>Adjust the volume of the boot-up chime on Macintoshes.</para>
87 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetvol">
88 <primary sortas="b-nvsetvol">nvsetvol</primary>
89 </indexterm>
90 </listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 </variablelist>
94
95 </sect2>
96
97</sect1>
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