At 9:26 AM +0900 7/26/03, Yoshiyuki Haraoka wrote:
>On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 6:44 AM, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>
>>At 2:04 PM -0600 7/25/03, Francis Maier wrote:
>>>I've read the docs and I'm still confused, so please bear with me.
>>>I'm running a beige G3, OpenFirmware 2.4.  Am I understanding it
>>>correctly that I can't run MacOS 9 and/or X on the same hard drive from
>>>different partitions as NetBSD?
>>
>>Prior to OF 3 that is true for the current standard NetBSD tools. 
>>OF3 understands the Apple Partition Map and can read the boot 
>>program directly.  The boot setup we use of OF1-2 only works with a 
>>NetBSD partition map.
>>
>>That said, there has been a lot of thought about other ways it 
>>could be done.  Try searching the archives for MBR partitioning, 
>>since that shows some promise of working across all OF versions, 
>>and it will pick up Bill Studenmund's 9/23/02 post on alternatives. 
>>Post again if you feel like playing around with it.
>
>Now, can't booting from using  BootX on OF3?
>I want "boot hd:,=A5=A5:tbxi" booting style.
>It's difficult?

Relatively.

It's not supported currently.  There has been discussion on the lists 
you can probably find.  Our booting process assumes it has access to 
the OF device tree and can use OF device drivers.
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