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