Logan Hall wrote:
> > You could probably use tome viewer (or whatever mosX version it would be)
> > to just
> > extract those files...
>
> Hmm.. now i just need to get the installer. I hope it comes with macos X
> client because i can aford to buy that.
>
IIRC, there isn't going to be a client
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote:
> Logan Hall wrote:
>
> > > The Apple 875 card doesn't have OF drivers in it by default. But I
> > > remember seeing an Apple-made flasher that adds those. I think it's
> > > included in the MacOS X Server installer.
> >
> > Cool. Is there a way to inst
Logan Hall wrote:
> > The Apple 875 card doesn't have OF drivers in it by default. But I
> > remember seeing an Apple-made flasher that adds those. I think it's
> > included in the MacOS X Server installer.
>
> Cool. Is there a way to install it with out MacOS X server? Will it be
> included wit
On Tue, Feb 8, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Cool. Is there a way to install it with out MacOS X server? Will it be
>included with MacOS X Client do you think?
I don't know.
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have run quik on my Linux partition and using some examples i found in the
> >FAQ-O-MATIC i set my boot variables (i don't have them infront of me but this
> >is as close as i can
On Tue, Feb 8, 2000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Since you've done some netbooting, i figured i'd ask ... do you know what
>Mac models can be successfully booted from the network? Apple says only
>NewWorld macs, but a) that's for OS X's NetBoot Server b) it's Apple,
>they lie c) obviously there
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 04:06:20PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Then you can grab the resulting file in arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff
> which is a valid XCOFF image that old OFs can load. I use it to netboot a
> wallstreet powerbook when doing tests and it works just fine. Note that
> so
On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have run quik on my Linux partition and using some examples i found in the
>FAQ-O-MATIC i set my boot variables (i don't have them infront of me but this
>is as close as i can remember):
>
>boot-device /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTE
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 04:12:46PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> Quik is the spawn of the devel. I'm looking into miBoot as a
> replacement at this point. Ditto yaBoot. Both of these are a wee bit
> too MacOS dependent right now, but that should be surmountable...
miBoot is a bit macos d
> Yep, the older OF's speak COFF - not perfectly, but usably.
the OF on oldworld macs is so fragile things would break all the time. say
the words "default catch" and developers shudder. ;) there are workarounds
galore and some only apply to a specific computer model.
miboot is the cleanest and m
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 05:18:19AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 05:21:49AM -0800, Joel Klecker wrote:
> >
> > That's not true, even the most broken versions of Apple OF understand HFS
> > filesystems on floppies at least.
>
> they do? interesting, from docs i had read from
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:45:46AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is any information out there about booting the
> potato floppies using open-firmware on a powermac?
>
> I have a UMAX S900 (clone 9500 motherboard) and I would love to install
> debian linux o
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >What computers does the SystemDisk tool support? I have a Biege G3
> tower (the
> >ones that shipped just before they switched to B&W). Also will the
> SystemDisk
> >tool work to
On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What computers does the SystemDisk tool support? I have a Biege G3
tower (the
>ones that shipped just before they switched to B&W). Also will the
SystemDisk
>tool work to boot linux at all? I use BootX right now but I am looking into
>
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >That's not true, even the most broken versions of Apple OF understand HFS
> >filesystems on floppies at least.
>
> Hum... yes and no...
>
> OldWorld machines do have HFS support
On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That's not true, even the most broken versions of Apple OF understand HFS
>filesystems on floppies at least.
Hum... yes and no...
OldWorld machines do have HFS support, but it's somewhat bogus.
Basically, it works as long as you f
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 05:21:49AM -0800, Joel Klecker wrote:
>
> That's not true, even the most broken versions of Apple OF understand HFS
> filesystems on floppies at least.
they do? interesting, from docs i had read from apple it sounded like
newworld was the only ones with any useful ability
At 01:41 -0900 2000-02-07, Ethan Benson wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:45:46AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 0 > setenv boot-device fd:0 ok
>>
>> 0 > setenv boot-file /linux load_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram video=keep ok
>>
>> 0 > boot unrecognized Client Program formatstate not valid
>>
>>
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:45:46AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is any information out there about booting the
> potato floppies using open-firmware on a powermac?
>
> I have a UMAX S900 (clone 9500 motherboard) and I would love to install
> debian linux o
Hello,
I was wondering if there is any information out there about booting the
potato floppies using open-firmware on a powermac?
I have a UMAX S900 (clone 9500 motherboard) and I would love to install
debian linux on it. I am able to access the OF prompt through the serial
port from my intel lin
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