At 10:20 AM -0800 2/3/98, David A. Gatwood wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Michael R Zucca wrote:
>
>> > I've read every 8.1 and HFS+ -related post in the Mac newsgroups, and have
>> > not seen an answer as to why a 68k system cannot boot from a HFS+ volume.
>> > They do put a wrapper around it so that if one boots from a system < 8.1,
>> > all they'll see is a file with a message explaining that you need 8.1 to
>> > use the volume.  Maybe it's something about that wrapper that messes
>>up 68k?
>>

>Can NuBus PowerMacs boot from an HFS+ partition?  The reason I'm asking is
>that only PCI PowerMacs have OF (which is why linux-pmac only works w/ PCI
>systems).  Just wondering.

The published info says 68k macs can use HFS+ for normal filespace, not for
booting or VM.  By implication the NuBus PowerMacs should have no problem.
Don't ask me why.  Maybe that was the era when they figured out they wanted
a new filesystem?

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