Yes, but Apple's version of OF is non-compliant.

Chuck



On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, 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
> 
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