Michael G. Schabert wrote:
> 
> >If you'd like to set up a minimal (and fast booting!) Mac environment to
> >boot NetBSD, here's one possibility.  The requirements:

[snip]

> Actually, Apple supplies disks that will boot any Mac ever made. Look
> around on Apple for something called Network Access Disk (NAD). It is a
> system 7.5 boot disk image that contains everything needed to connect to a
> network (EtherNet or LocalTalk). You can use this the same way as the 7.0.1
> you found.
> 
> The URL is:
> <ftp://ftp3.info.apple.com//Apple_Support_Area/Apple_SW_Updates/US/
>   Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.hqx>

This is what I used to make my NetBSD boot floppy (in the boot-floppy
howto).  However, 7.5 is _really_ slow booting on an SE/30 or even my
IIci.  7.0 and 7.1 are quite snazzy, tho.

> Mike
> 
> PS my Quadra 840AV is one of only about 5 Mac68k computers that cannot boot
> with System 7.0.

Will it boot 7.1?  That's usually quite fast....

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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