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port-macppc/43952: SystemDisk2.3.1.smi.bin download link update (Apple's System Disk Utility)

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ka...@sra-tohoku.co.jp

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Oct 7, 2010, 12:15:36 PM10/7/10
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>Number: 43952
>Category: port-macppc
>Synopsis: broken download link for Apple's System Disk Utility SystemDisk2.3.1.smi.bin
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-macppc-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 07 16:15:00 +0000 2010
>Originator: ka...@sra-tohoku.co.jp
>Release: NetBSD 5.0
>Organization:
SRA Tohoku
>Environment:
any
Architecture: macppc
Machine: macppc
>Description:
Various macppc documents mention System Disk Utility download from Apple as
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/macosxserver/utilities/SystemDisk2.3.1.smi.bin
but recently? Apple pruned the FTP site.

The current valid URL will be

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_X/System_Disk_Utility.smi.bin

which is the newer System Disk Utility, version 2.6.2.
Submitter confirmed that it did run on PowerMac 8500/MacOS 9.1 .

(Apple could discontinue the site any time; how should we prepare for that?)

>How-To-Repeat:
wget ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/macosxserver/utilities/SystemDisk2.3.1.smi.bin
>Fix:
wget http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_X/System_Disk_Utility.smi.bin

Various documents, such as Install.{ps,html,txt},
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/index.html ,
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/of105patch.html
should be updated to point to the new URL.

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