hmm, from what i gather from the dev list, the cdrom is ata? am i wrong? i
should get an app to scan the scsi just to make sure.

thanks for this, i have anew lease of life now i know someone has a clue.
=)


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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 12:21 AM -0400 7/17/00, charlie allom wrote:
> >im pretty certain the alias 'cd:0' doesn't exist, and should be really
> >either 'atapi', 'ata1' or 'bay-ata'.
> 
> Can't help you here, but I trust you can compare the aliases to the 
> full device tree and figure out what you want.  If the drive has an 
> activity light you can confirm your guess as to the device at least.
> 
> >i read somewhere that for OF 2.0.1 i should be using 'alias:partition' and
> >skip the file name (ofwboot.xcf)
> 
> This is true if you have used the installboot program to wipe out the 
> Apple partition map on the drive and install the bootxx program. 
> This process doesn't work on new Mac's where a partition of 0 means 
> the first understandable filesystem partition.  On older Mac's (like 
> the 3400 I presume) partition 0 means load the boot blocks.
> 
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