Subject: Re: Important: changes to INSTALL/FAQ regarding load-base
To: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
From: Michael Wolfson <mw@blobulent.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/16/2001 14:45:14
At 7:29 AM +0900 12/17/01, Makoto Fujiwara wrote:

:)mw> This has been leading to frustration among users trying to use Open
:)mw> Firmware 1 or 2 systems to load ofwboot.xcf from ISO 9660 or MS-DOS
:)mw> filesystems, or from ethernet.
:)
:)Thanks Michael, always.
:)My question is: When this problem arises ?
:)OK:
:)  OF 1/2 normal boot
:)         netbsd.macppc CDROM boot (officially supplied iso fs)
:)         boot.fs ( floppy disk)
:)  OF 3   any situation
:)BAD:
:)  OF 1/2
:)   and
:)  personally created media
:)   and
:)  MSDOS fs or ISO 9660 stuff or network boot
:)   and
:)  try to reading the file ofwboot.xcf at first
:)
:)If above is true, is it clear by reading the above statement
:)quoted ?
:)(The condition stated is also true for the case with OK:, isn't it?.
:)I am afraid I'm the only guy can't read properly. )

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  -- MW