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+# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-boot/aboot/aboot-1.0_pre20040408.ebuild,v 1.1 2004/05/18 18:28:33 wwoods Exp $
+
+DESCRIPTION="Alpha Linux boot loader for SRM"
+HOMEPAGE="http://aboot.sourceforge.net/"
+SRC_URI="http://aboot.sourceforge.net/tarballs/aboot-1.0_pre20040408.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="-* ~alpha"
+
+DEPEND="virtual/glibc"
+PROVIDE="virtual/bootloader"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack ${A}
+	cd ${S}
+	sed -i "s:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:" Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dodir /boot /sbin /usr/share/man/man5
+	make \
+		root=${D} \
+		bindir=${D}/sbin \
+		bootdir=${D}/boot \
+		mandir=${D}/usr/share/man \
+		install
+
+	dodoc ChangeLog INSTALL README TODO aboot.conf
+
+	insinto /etc
+	newins ${FILESDIR}/aboot.conf aboot.conf.example
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	einfo "To make aboot install a new bootloader on your harddisk follow"
+	einfo "these steps:"
+	einfo ""
+	einfo " - edit the file /etc/aboot.conf"
+	einfo " - cd /boot"
+	einfo " - swriteboot -c2 /dev/sda bootlx"
+	einfo " This will install a new bootsector on /dev/sda and aboot will"
+	einfo " use the second partition on this device to lookup kernel and "
+	einfo " initrd (as described in the aboot.conf file)"
+	einfo ""
+	einfo "IMPORTANT :"
+	einfo ""
+	einfo "The partition table of your boot device has to contain "
+	einfo "a BSD-DISKLABEL and the first 12 megabytes of your boot device"
+	einfo "must not be part of a partition as aboot will write its bootloader"
+	einfo "in there and not as with most x86 bootloaders into the "
+	einfo "master boot sector. If your partition table does not reflect this"
+	einfo "you are going to destroy your installation !"
+	einfo "Also note that aboot currently only supports ext2/3 partitions"
+	einfo "to boot from."
+}