Subject: Re: booting netbsd on LCIII
To: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
From: Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/16/2004 10:29:08
Hi,

I think the only system which can boot directly is a
limited set of SE/30s (ie, right amount of memory, etc).

cheers

bruce

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 06:57:46PM -0700, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > I have a LCIII mac with a m68030 and i was wondering if it's already
> > possible to boot NetBSD without the need of MacOS, kind of like normal
> > x86 netbsd?
> 
> Unless there has been recent development on this front, no. My LCIII
> upgraded with a Q605 mo'bo' and a 25MHz '040 boots 7.5, and then boots
> NetBSD 1.6.2 through the booter. (And so does my IIci.)
> 
> You can simulate autobooting by dropping an alias to the Booter into your
> Startup Items folder, and setting the Booter app itself to autostart
> NetBSD when it's launched, but you're still booting into MacOS, at least
> initially.
> 
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>  Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * ckaiser@floodgap.com
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