Subject: Re: Quadra 700
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: None <Martin.Leidig@ePost.de>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/11/2001 10:39:38
Hi Andy,

Andy Ball [2001-06-10 19.12 -0400]:
>   CK> I would still recommend 7.1, though, since it has much
>     > lower memory overhead. You can get the Network Access
>     > disk and that will solve your TCP/IP issues.
>
>That would be excellent, where can I get the Network Access
>Disk you mentioned?

John Klos did some work on that recently:

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>Delivered-To: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
>Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 18:29:43 -0400 (EDT)
>From: John <john@sixgirls.org>
>To: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
>Subject: Installation System (was Remote booting followup)
>Sender: port-mac68k-owner@netbsd.org
>
>Taking the minimal System 7.5 System from Apple's Network Access 
>Disk, I
>have made two disk images for NetBSD people to use to do installs.
>
>Both assume that you have an AppleTalk volume that you can mount, 
>and that
>you have Disk Copy from Apple.
>
>With the Network Access Disk, you can boot all m68k machines off of
>floppy, mount an AppleTalk volume, and run Apple HD SC (modified); 
>then,
>create a 4 meg (4096k) MacOS partition, use Disk Copy to mount one of
>these images, and copy everything to that 4 meg partition.
>
>Then boot off of that partition, use the Memory Control Panel to 
>turn on
>32 bit memory, and you have a working MacOS that can mount AppleTalk
>volumes, run Mkfs, run NetBSD/Mac68k Installer, and run BSD/Mac68k 
>Booter.
>
>The disk images also come with the Date & Time Control Panel (so you 
>can
>at least set the year so that ntpdate will work under NetBSD; it 
>doesn't
>when it thinks the year is 1904), Apple HD SC (the modified one), and
>Clockometer.
>
>The difference between the two is that MacOS_for_NetBSD.img.bin is 
>just
>the System and the utilities mentioned above; 
>NetBSD_install_disk.img.bin
>comes with netbsd-INSTALL.gz and all of the above.
>
>Get them here:
>ftp://ftp.sixgirls.org/pub/tools/MacOS_for_NetBSD.img.bin
>(1,881,856 bytes)
>ftp://ftp.sixgirls.org/pub/tools/NetBSD_install_disk.img.bin
>(3,226,880 bytes)
>
>And Apple's Network Access Disk is at:
>ftp://ftp.sixgirls.org/pub/tools/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin
>(1,328,000 bytes)
>
>Enjoy!
>John Klos
>--
>The proof of a system's value is its existence.
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