Subject: Re: iMac and NetBSD 1.4.2
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Jeffrey Flowers <sikak43@gateway.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/27/2000 16:07:49
As I Geek, I found the Netbooting Article interesting, and it made me think
of something. While I understand booting the kernel via ethernet, could we
not have a situation where NetBSD would then use the iMac hard drive as it's
own, instead of using NFS? I would think that this would be possible, as I
have read the CD and IDE hard drive of an iMac are accessable by the kernel.
This might mean losing the hard drive for MacOS usage but hey, all is fair
in love and war.

Jeff

> Better methods are being worked on, but they aren't ready for prime-time
yet,
> so the install notes don't talk about them. Things will generally work a
lot
> better when 1.5 is released.
>
> > Please tell me which it is and if there is any documentation or success
on
> > getting NetBSD up on a iMac.
>
> Netbooting instructions can be found here:
> http://www.enchantedlearning.com/tech/netbsd_imac.shtml
>
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ best.com
>