Subject: Re: iBook P1 boot device?
To: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/05/2005 10:52:29
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Hello,

> What we should perhaps do, to make installing from NetBSD-only
> materials possible, is just to have someone with an OSX box generate a
> minimal HFS+ image that contains ofwboot.xcf (and maybe a README
> explaining what the point is), and include that image in our
> distribution. Consider it just a more elaborate "boot block" for
> sysinst to install.

Yeah, hp300 does just that ( by booting from a doctored LIF image
installed as 'bootblock' ). Hmm, how far away is in-kernel HFS(+)
support? Wasn't that a SoC project?

have fun
Michael

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