--- Chris Bartlett <cb@mythtech.net> wrote:
> >I've been scouring the archive (was given Quadra
> 610,
> >new to Mac world) and took note that having a
> native
> >boot option has been discussed and worked on, with
> >ROMs disassembled etc for SEVEN YEARS.
> 
> I don't know anything of this specifically, but you
> can sort of do this 
> already with the Mac.
> 
> The mac Booter application has an autoboot feature.
> I have mine set to 
> boot 5 seconds after starting the app, and the app
> has an alias in the 
> startup items folder, so basically, 5 seconds after
> the Mac boots, it 
> kicks over to NetBSD automatically. (I don't have it
> shorter than 5 
> seconds, because I want the time to stop it should I
> have a need).
> 
> Since the Mac can boot from floppy, CD, external
> hard disk, and on newer 
> Macs, LAN... I would think you could simulate a
> native boot simply be 
> having a minimal system folder, and the booter app
> set to auto boot.
> 
> This of course won't work with LAN for any Macs that
> the mac68k port 
> pertain to (well, at least not without further
> hardware/software to run 
> something like "The Diskless Mac").
> 
> And depending on what OS version you are running, it
> might be an 
> interesting challenge to fit the OS, the booter, and
> enough of NetBSD on 
> a floppy, but it might be doable (there are ways to
> hack the Mac OS so 
> that it doesn't require the finder, which will save
> you some space and 
> let you drop directly into the Booter app).
> 
> CD would be a peice of cake.
> 
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
> 


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