Subject: Re: so why CAN'T Mac OS X and NetBSD live on a single hard drive?
To: Rob Newberry <robthedude@mac.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/17/2005 19:50:54
Rob Newberry <robthedude@mac.com> writes:

> I did see in the INSTALL.html file that it's not currently possible to
> have Mac OS X and NetBSD on the same disk and have NetBSD boot -- and
> if that's the reason for the failure I'm seeing, I'd very much like to
> understand WHY this is the case.  After all, I CAN currently get
> NetBSD to boot, I just can't seem to get it to mount the root file
> system.

I don't know why the INSTALL file would say that; it's entirely
possible. All we lack is a good mechanism for picking an OS at boot
time. Both my G4 and my iBook dual-boot NetBSD and OSX.

        - Nathan