Subject: Re: AppleTalk updates
To: Amitai Schlair <amitai.schlair@usa.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/29/1997 10:06:11
> The install docs mention that installation is currently feasible only
> via a local hard drive or an AppleShare volume. I was thinking, now that
> we've got AppleTalk support (at least as a server)... would it be
> possible to upgrade/install NetBSD by mounting the NetBSD volume on a
> Mac OS box and running the installer on the Mac, then installing files
> to the mounted NetBSD volume?

No. The installer expects to talk to a local FFS partition, not to
an AppleTalk mounted drive.

Also, the installer is a slow dog. You'd do much better to just cpin
the binaries, boot single user, then tar xz --unlink -f base.tar.gz.
It'll be MUCH faster.

> (Would the Installer work on a PowerPC-based Mac?)

It should.

Take care,

Bill