Subject: Re: Making a disk bootable
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Erik Bertelsen <erik@mediator.uni-c.dk>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/07/1999 09:34:12
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 06:35:22PM +0200, Erik Bertelsen wrote:
> I've been playing with macppc on my G3 DT machine on and off over the last
> few months.
> 
  ...
> 
> My problem is how to make the disk bootable. I've tried using installboot
> and installing the boot code present in arch/macppc/stand, but without
> success -- Open Firmware insists that the partition is not bootable.

Just for the record: The problem has disappeared, and a couple of days
ago, I installed the boot blocks and -- hurray -- the disk was now
bootable.

I'm not exactly sure what made the difference, but having bothered
the list several times with this problem, I thought that I may as
well mention that it is now gone :-)

best regards
Erik Bertelsen