Rick Thomas wrote: > > Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Rick Thomas writes: > > > > > I then use ResEdit to modify the appropriate resource (any clues as > > > to which? > > > > The resource is called CMDL. More detailed instructions are here: > > > > <URL:http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2000/06/olh_ppc_miboot.html> > > > > Very interesting! Thank you for the pointer. > > However, I must be doing something wrong... > > I write the boot.img file to a floppy. > > I can boot from the floppy. > > I put the floppy in the drive on MacOS-9.2.2 and it gets mounted by MacOS. > > I start up ResEdit and open the "System" file on the floppy. > > I double-click on the "CMDL" resource. > > As a minimal test, I change one blank to two, then erase one of them (that > is: effectively no change), then "save" the result. Everything looks good -- > the System file still has the "blessed" icon. > > But when I try to boot my test machine from the floppy, it takes a taste and > spits it out immediately. > > In the process, MacOS-9.2.2 has created a bunch of extraneous stuff on the > floppy -- such as a "Users" folder, etc. I don't think that should cause any > problems, but if so, how do I get rid of them? > > Thanks! > > Rick
In fact, just letting MacOS-9.2.2 mount the floppy (never touching ResEdit at all) seems to invalidate it! Help! Rick
