At 22:31 Uhr +0100 14.1.2003, Mattias Sandstrom wrote:
>Ajai Khattri wrote:
>>Is it possible to install NetBSD on a Mac SE30 on a hard-drive with no OS
>>on it? i.e. is it possible to make a boot disk and install via FTP?
>
>it should work i guess, but you would have to always reboot from the
>disk, since netbsd only boots from within mac os.

No, as long as you are talking 'floppy disk', it won't.

You need room for a minimal System 7, the booter and the install kernel
(alternatively: System file, booter and MacTCP for a netboot). Both options
take up much more than the 1440 KByte available on a floppy.

Once you have the kernel on the harddisk, you can create a boot diskette
and replace the Finder with the booter, and boot from that.

	hauke

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