Subject: Re: booting CD ?
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
From: Proniewski <patrick@neocom.fr>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/13/2000 15:35:06
> Proniewski wrote:
> 
>>just a quick question : I burnt a CD with the iso disk image, it's bootable
>>on PC's, but not in Macs...As I want to install NetBSD for PPC on my G4, i
>>need a bootable CD. How can I do ? (I'm using toast)
>
> Put the files ofwboot.elf (and/or ofwboot.xcf) at the root level of the
> CD. Also place an ungziped copy of the NetBSD Installation Kernel at the
> root level and name it "netbsd".

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> One of the first two _should_ boot up the Installation Kernel from the CD
> and allow you to install the system.  I works on some systems, but not on
> all systems. If anyone can add to this or explain the possible failures
> it would certainly help.

thank you very much, but what a plague having to turn around things eatch
time...Some times I get sick having bought a big G4 and being stuck with
MacOS.

pat