On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Michael R Zucca wrote:

> > I've read every 8.1 and HFS+ -related post in the Mac newsgroups, and have
> > not seen an answer as to why a 68k system cannot boot from a HFS+ volume.
> > They do put a wrapper around it so that if one boots from a system < 8.1,
> > all they'll see is a file with a message explaining that you need 8.1 to
> > use the volume.  Maybe it's something about that wrapper that messes up 68k?
> 
> Well, think about how the machine boots. The ROMs have routines that search
> the disks for an HFS volume and then run through the HFS volume to find the
> system file. The ROMs then load the system file and run the system.
> 
> The ROMs in the 68k macs were designed only with HFS in mind. The PowerMacs
> have more flexible booting procedures. Good example: when I use linux-pmac
> I can boot straight out of Open Firmware into Linux from an ext2fs parition.

Can NuBus PowerMacs boot from an HFS+ partition?  The reason I'm asking is
that only PCI PowerMacs have OF (which is why linux-pmac only works w/ PCI
systems).  Just wondering.


David

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