On 2005-04-14, Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:59:36 +0000 (UTC)
> Rui Paulo <rpaulo@netbsd-pt.org> wrote:
>
>> Can someone dump (on x86) an OS8 boot floppy,
>> that way allowing me to install OS 9 ?
>
> Do you have a MacOS 9 install CD?  The install CDs are bootable (hold
> the"c" key down when booting).  Boot from the CD and run System Disk
> from a floppy.  Otherwise, you may run into the problem of where your
> boot floppy is an image that does not contain the MacOS application
> needed to set the OF values.  This requires ejecting the boot floppy to
> get the floppy containing the application into the computer.  This
> rarely goes well. Any time the OS needs to read a section of the OS,
> it'll ask you to reinsert the boot floppy.

My OF can't boot from CD (the "c" key doesn't work and I never found out
what was the SCSI ID of the CDROM).

>
>> This is Open Firmware 1.0.5 and System Disk doesn't work properly,
>> only BootVars.
>
> You might have the wrong version of System Disk.  You'll want 2.3.1.  It
> has the facilities to set the input and output devices as well as the
> boot device and file.  This was removed from later versions.

2.3.1 was the version I tried when I had Mac OS 8.6 installed and it didn't
worked, only BootVars did.

Regards.

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 Rui Paulo <rpaulo@netbsd-pt.org>        http://www.netbsd-pt.org/users/rpaulo/