On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 6:44 AM, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 2:04 PM -0600 7/25/03, Francis Maier wrote:
>> I've read the docs and I'm still confused, so please bear with me.
>> I'm running a beige G3, OpenFirmware 2.4.  Am I understanding it
>> correctly that I can't run MacOS 9 and/or X on the same hard drive=20
>> from
>> different partitions as NetBSD?
>
> Prior to OF 3 that is true for the current standard NetBSD tools. OF3=20=

> understands the Apple Partition Map and can read the boot program=20
> directly.  The boot setup we use of OF1-2 only works with a NetBSD=20
> partition map.
>
> That said, there has been a lot of thought about other ways it could=20=

> be done.  Try searching the archives for MBR partitioning, since that=20=

> shows some promise of working across all OF versions, and it will pick=20=

> up Bill Studenmund's 9/23/02 post on alternatives.  Post again if you=20=

> feel like playing around with it.

Now, can't booting from using  BootX on OF3?
I want "boot hd:,=A5=A5:tbxi" booting style.
It's difficult?

--Yoshiyuki Haraoka=