At 2:33 AM +0200 6/22/02, Marco van de Voort wrote:

:)> No, but you can do all of that from the Open Firmware prompt, see the FAQ.
:)
:)Euuh, yes, and for Open Firmware 2, it says I can reach it via MacOS, which
:)I don't have anymore.

Nah, I meant the part about how to use Open Firmware.  Read starting at
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-use

:)Indeed, but sometimes that is worth the effort.

That's not "The NetBSD Way".  Besides, I did a quick study once and it
really looked like there was not a large volume of content that's specific
to a particular OF version.  Mostly, it's just a matter of lots of
exceptions sprinkled everywhere.  The OF-specific docs wouldn't be
substantially shorter.

Ideally, what needs to happen is for someone who actually knows ROFF to
figure out how to produce the multiple documents reusing most of the
contents.  Then someone who understands the contents needs to do the actual
splitting.

:)So even those few (like me) that
:)actually read docs, but get confused, _have_ to enter the maillists, and ask
:)questions.

That's why the docs suggest printing themselves out and crossing out the
irrellevant parts.  It's kinda like a puzzle :)  And you find that there's
really only a handful of pages of instructions left.

Just keep in mind that the procedure is incredibly arcane because we're
using a hidden feature that Apple never expected anyone to even *know*
about much less use.  By the time Open Firmware 3 rolled around, they had
plans to use it, so OF 3 is much more user-friendly (and bug-free).
OpenBSD gets away with simple instructions because they limit themselves to
OF 3.

  -- MW