On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Matt Spong wrote:

> Hi
>
> > Make sure 'real-base' is set to 'f00000'; "setenv real-base f00000". I
> > netboot all the time, and that's about what I see when I have real-base
> > set to -1 (which is the value MacOS X wants).
>
> Aha!  That fixed my problem, thank you.
>
> Will OS X refuse to boot unless real-base is set to -1?  I'm not running
> OS X at the moment, but I'm planning on it, and I'd prefer to not have
> to set real-base every time I want to switch operating systems.

Yes. It's a bit frustrating, but I at least have gotten used to it.

If you can compile your own kernel, and you crank the kernel size down
enough, you can get away w/ real-base == -1.

Take care,

Bill