Subject: Re: Booting MacPPC / Boot Floppy
To: None <manji@labridge.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/17/1999 18:18:41
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 manji@labridge.com wrote:

> I'm stuck loading the macintosh ppc port onto my powerbook G3 (233 mhz)
> - I can't boot off the floppy. I made it according to the posted
> directions (use suntar's sector copy options to put the floppy image
> boot.fs directly onto a dos formatted floppy) but it won't boot.

Can you get into Open Firmware? If so, what version does this machine
have?

The boot floppy trick doesn't work on systems with version 3.X OF as the
firmware's broken. :-(

> I'm able to look at the floppy if I mount it as a kernel file system
> on another mac (mac68k) running netbsd, and it has files on it,
>   (boottime hostname loadavg pagesize rootdev
>    version copyright hz msgbuf phsymem time)
> 
> but these don't seem right to me, and besides, it won't boot.

Sorry. We're working on alternatives, but aren't done yet..

Take care,

Bill