Subject: Re: ***SPAM*** Installing on an iBook
To: Pangrazio, Robert Thomas (UMR-Student) <rtp6xc@umr.edu>
From: James Buchanan <jamesb.au@iinet.net.au>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/14/2005 08:12:15
Pangrazio, Robert Thomas (UMR-Student) wrote:
> To get into open firm ware you simply need to press CMD-Option-O-F when
> you hear the chime at start up. Or find a program like BootVars that
> will let you tell the computer to stop at the openfirmware prompt. Then
> you will see what version you have and you can go form there. I think
> these machines are OFW version 3. You won't be able to load it by
> pressing 'C' because that is a command given to the apple rom to load
> from a CD. After the computer starts to load the apple rom, NetBSD won't
> work.

This is very helpful.  Thanks Bob.

When I get hit with a clue bat some time, I should also be able to 
understand when I RTFM. ;-)

Cheers,
James