> Michael Wolfson wrote:
> > 
> > At 10:03 PM -0500 7/9/01, samuel rose wrote:
> > 
> > :)I am guessing that it's not possible to boot  netBSD on a 
> firewire hard
> > :)drive (IEEE 1394)?  The machine would be a B&W G3.
> > 
> > I'm not sure anyone has tried.  Let me know whether it 
> works or not, so I
> > can mention it in the INSTALL notes.  If it does work, let 
> me know what
> > Open Firmware command you used.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   -- MW
> 
> I was told by apple that open firmware would not support booting it at
> all yet, under any OS. So far it appears they are right, but I will
> continue to try get the machine to do it.

How long ago did they tell you that?  The newer machines most certainly do
support booting off FireWire disks.  There have been firmware updates that
improve the process -- perhaps you need to apply one.

Hope that helps,
Bill Hayden