Subject: Re: Install guides (was Re: HI JASON, WELCOME TO OPEN FIRMWARE!)
To: rian <email@thelaststop.cjb.net>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/16/2005 17:28:40
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:52:01AM -0500, rian wrote:
> Michael Wolfson wrote:
> >I'd be more inclined to rip everything out of the INSTALL notes except 
> >booting from the official CD-R.  Burners are very common and almost all 
> >supported models have built-in CD-ROM drives.  Either that, or expand 
> >the "quick guide for the impatient" and only describe OF 3 machines in 
> >that section.
> 
> eh, bad idea. When I installed NetBSD on my 6500 (OF 2.0.4) , OF 
> couldn't boot from the CD, so I had to bootstrap from floppy then 
> install from the CD.

Could your 6500 boot from a macos cd?

Patrick