Subject: Re: Apple PowerMacintosh Beige G3, Revision 2, Open Firmware 2.4
To: Timo =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=F6ler?= <eclipser23@web.de>
From: =?iso-8859-1?B?QXVy6WxpZW4gR8lS1E1F?= <ag@roxor.be>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/01/2004 14:27:37
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On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 12:57:07PM +0100, Timo Sch=F6ler wrote:
> >>Hi everyone,
> >>
> >>Here are the instructions to boot this machine:
> >><http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html#g3v2>.
> >>
> >>Unfortunately, I have no legacy MacOS. My sole MacOSX runs only on
> >>a laptop with no floppy drive.
> >>
> >>I request a little from someone who has a MacOS version above 8.0
> >>running on a floppy drive machine to create a SystemDisk needed to
> >>flash my OpenFirmware.
> >>
> >>Instructions to do so are here:
> >>http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/>.
> >>
> >>To wit, the MacOS 8.1 boot floppy did not work for me. :(
> >>
> >>If someone would be so kind to create a floppy with these tools on
> >>MacOS, dd it on a file on a Unix System, and then upload it somewhere,
> >>it would be nice. :)
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help.
> >>
> >>Cheers.
> >
> >hi,
> >
> >as soon as i got my breakfast in i can do it for you ;)
> >
> >i sent this reply to the list too in case somebody else might be=20
> >interested in the image...
> >
> >cheers!
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> hi,
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> i am sorry, but the only machine i do have (up and running, that is)=20
> with a floppy drive besides my PowerBook is a SPARCstation 20MP -- i=20
> tried, but NetBSD complains about it's floppy controller, gives a lot=20
> of error messages when dd'ing... :(

Damn! :(

It is sure that if you do not have a floppy drive, you cannot make
an image of a floppy...

Are you aware of a Unix tool to work on these Apple Disk Images
produced by Apple Disk Copy?

Cheers.
--=20
Aur=E9lien G=C9R=D4ME
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Free Software Developer
Unix Sys & Net Admin

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