Subject: Re: NetBSD and iMac status?
To: Marko Schuetz <marko@king.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/28/2000 14:50:10
Marko is asking about how well supported is the DV iMac. Does anyone on this
list have an answer for him?
In article <86snxbrye9.fsf@king.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>,
Marko Schuetz <marko@king.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> writes:
>>>>>> "Chris" == Chris H <newsgroupNOJUNK@NOJUNKhome.com> writes:
>
> Chris> check here http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/
> Chris> Chris
>
> Thanks,
>
> I had already seen this, but I didn't find the answer to my question
> there.
>
> The model support page only states for iMac that it's supported and
> remarks 'netboot or kernel on HFS' for iMac DV it states that it's
> unknown.
>
> I did find some mention of macppc in
>
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/CHANGES-1.4.2
>
> even wrt. disks, but still don't know whether these changes will allow
> booting off a NetBSD disklabeled partition. I didn't find anything on
> the iMacs DV hardware.
>
> So if anyone can give pointers that actually do answer my questions
> please send them.
>
> Marko