Subject: Re: Mode32
To: NetBSD Mac68k <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Wonko the Sane (Brian Hechinger) <wonko@users.tmok.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/05/1999 13:04:15
>> is there a Mode32 INIT type thing for NetBSD so i can put more than 8MB in my
>> IIx while running NetBSD?

> Use the one from Apple for MacOS. If MacOS can see the RAM, NetBSD will see
> it after control is transferred.

> <URL:http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Other_System/MODE32_7.5.sea.bin>

i'll get this, however.....

> BTW, if there comes a point when NetBSD is booted natively w/o MacOS, what
> will happen to machines that require Mode32?

this is the real question, i was hoping to have no interaction with MacOS on
this machine.  (although MacOS 9 is way cool, but probably doesn't run on this
hardware)

-wonko
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"Free memory is wasted memory."  -Solaris 2/FAQ