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Package: yaboot (1.3.13a-1)

Yet Another Bootloader

This package contains 'yaboot', the bootloader of choice on the NewWorld line of Power Macintosh computers and on IBM CHRP computers. It supports loading a kernel from several different filesystems, including ext2, ext3, xfs, and reiserfs, as well as separate ramdisks and dual-booting.

This package includes the installer tools ybin and mkofboot, and a yabootconfig program for generating a simple /etc/yaboot.conf file.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Text-based Interactive, Role: Program

Other Packages Related to yaboot

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • rec: hfsutils
    Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes
  • rec: powerpc-utils (>= 1.1.3-2)
    Various utilities for Linux/PowerPC

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
powerpc 184.2 kB596 kB [list of files]