Subject: Re: macppc boot process.
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/30/2004 19:19:06
Hello,

>>> Ok, good advice that I will explore. However, is it that OF 1.0.5 can
>>> not read HFS, or is that it can not read Apple Partition Maps (before
>>> even getting to an HFS partition)?
>> It can't read HFS - only FAT and ISO9660. Booting MacOS works through
>> some pseudo-device /AAPL,ROM which contains all the code to boot it.
>
> My Apus2000 with OF 2.0 can load XCOFF files from HFS floppy.
> That was the way I tried to boot kernels long ago.

Good to know - this definitely doesn't work with OF 1.0.5

have fun
Michael