At 12:11 PM 6/8/98 -0400, Nathan Raymond wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Erik E. Fair wrote:
>
>> The "ofpcc" is for systems with correct and complete OpenFirmware (IEEE
>> 1275), a category that, alas, does not include any Apple products. After
>> all, that sort of thing might make it easier to boot an OS other than
>> MacOS...
>> 
>> 	Erik <fair@clock.org>
>
>PCI PowerMacs *do* have OpenFirmware - Apple had to impliment OF for PCI
>support.
>
>OF is how LinuxPPC works - MkLinux uses a booter like NetBSD, but LinuxPPC
>does NOT need the MacOS at all to boot (and it only works on PCI PowerMacs
>of course).  You have to break into OF early at startup and change some
>variables at the command line to boot into LinuxPPC.  No reason why NetBSD
>PPC couldn't do the same.
>
>--
>Nathan Raymond
>http://www.everythingmac.com
>
>

>From what people have been telling me, the PCI PowerMacs use proprietary
Apple FunkyOpenFirmware.
PowerMacs (and 68k's) were only designed to boot MacOS which makes booting
another OS a real pain.

	Kevin