source: final-system/ppc/powerpc-utils.xml@ 0ee0247

Last change on this file since 0ee0247 was d1a3111, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r3840@server (orig r1732): chris | 2006-06-05 22:54:28 -0700
Added -v switches to many more commands

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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 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-powerpc-utils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="powerpc-utils.html"?>
10
11 <title>Powerpc-Utils_&powerpcutils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils">
14 <primary sortas="a-Powerpc-Utils">Powerpc-Utils</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Powerpc-Utils package contains a number of utilities for Power
21 Macintoshes and other similar machines. Most of these utilities are now
22 obsolete, but <command>nvsetenv</command> is needed by <command>ybin</command>
23 to install the bootloader on an hfs partition.</para>
24
25 </sect2>
26
27 <sect2 role="installation">
28 <title>Installation of Powerpc-Utils</title>
29
30 <para os="a">This package, originally pmac-utils, has issues with
31 NewWorld Macintoshes. The following patch fixes these issues
32 and generally updates the package:</para>
33
34<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&powerpcutils-patch;</userinput></screen>
35
36 <para os="c">Compile the needed programs:</para>
37
38<screen os="d"><userinput>make nvsetenv nvsetvol</userinput></screen>
39
40 <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
41
42<screen os="f"><userinput>install -v -m755 nvsetenv nvsetvol /usr/sbin
43install -v -m644 nvsetenv.8 nvsetvol.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>
44
45 </sect2>
46
47 <sect2 id="contents-powerpc-utils" role="content">
48 <title>Contents of Powerpc-Utils</title>
49
50 <segmentedlist>
51 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
52
53 <seglistitem>
54 <seg>nvsetenv, nvsetvol</seg>
55 </seglistitem>
56 </segmentedlist>
57
58 <variablelist>
59 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
60 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
61 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
62
63 <varlistentry id="nvsetenv">
64 <term><command>nvsetenv</command></term>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>Manipulate variables in the non-volatile RAM.</para>
67 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetenv">
68 <primary sortas="b-nvsetenv">nvsetenv</primary>
69 </indexterm>
70 </listitem>
71 </varlistentry>
72
73 <varlistentry id="nvsetvol">
74 <term><command>nvsetvol</command></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>Adjust the volume of the boot-up chime on Macintoshes.</para>
77 <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetvol">
78 <primary sortas="b-nvsetvol">nvsetvol</primary>
79 </indexterm>
80 </listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 </variablelist>
84
85 </sect2>
86
87</sect1>
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