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[PPC] How To: Boot PowerPC live/desktop ISOs via grub2

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http://ubuntuforums.org – This how to shows how grub2 can be used to boot a PowerPC live/desktop iso file stored on a USB flash drive. It is an alternative to using the dd command or extracting the contents of the iso file. This method is so easy my dog could do it! I've tested this on a fat32 flash drive using an MS-DOS partition table. You'll have to do some adjustments if the flash drive is formatted with an Apple Partition Map (becuase the map takes up partition 1). Copy the live/desktop iso file to the first partition of your USB flash drive. Copy the attached files (grub.cfg, grub.img and ofboot.b) to t (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 09/01/2012

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