On 09/29/2010 12:44 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > OK... If I'm understanding this correctly, it means that NewWorld Mac's > can boot either from the on-board ATA or one of these OF-supporting SATA > controllers (possibly with some tweaks to ofpath to deal with any > peculiarities of the non-Apple controllers) but *not* from most > non-OF-aware controllers. >
Right. But it can also boot from an on-board SCSI, on-board SATA, and any Firewire drive. Add-on SCSI, SATA, and ATA controllers must have proper OpenFirmware support to be able to boot an OpenFirmware machine. M
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