Subject: Re: Mac m68k booting process?
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Peter <pb@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/04/2000 11:36:54
Richard UNGER wrote:
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>You could make a boot floppy...

I intended to use only a harddisc. Floppy gives me cold feets :). Due
mechanical inreliability and slow transfers. Besides hogging the drive.

       /Peter

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>Richie
>
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>On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Peter wrote:
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>> nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> *) Is it possible to automate the launch of the booter in MacOS, in the manner
>> >>    of /etc/rc for unix.. ?
>> >
>> >	Yep.
>> >
>> >1) In the Booter, set "Auto Boot on Startup" (in the Startup dialog)
>> >
>> >2) If you are running System 7 or later, put the Booter program,
>> >   or its alias, in the "Startup Items" folder of your MacOS disk
>> 
>> Maybe I should clarify, I meant to have bootblocks so that one doesn't need
>> any MacOS partition at all. Ie only a few blocks in the beginning of the
>> drive that tells the Mac/m68k how to boot NetBSD.
>> 
>>             /Peter
>> 
>> 
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