> > Woa!  You don't need anything like that if all you want is to boot.
>> A "Disk Tools" floppy is 1.4MB and contains not only an adequate
>> bootable OS, but copies of Disk first Aid and HD SC Formatter as
>> well.  Copy it to a 2MB disk partition and add a copy of the booter
>> and you've got space to spare.
>>
>> The reason you might want 10 MB or more is so you can keep a complete
>> copy of MacOS with a copy of Netscape and an FTP client for
>> diagnostic purposes.
>
>Well, maybe that's a little conservative. The Network Boot floppy doesn't
>put the machine in 32 bit mode on older machines; nor does it have a Date
>& Time control panel, and if the time is not set properly, NetBSD can't
>always set it automatically.
>
>Adding a few things from 7.5.5 (which is free) makes it more useful. A 10
>meg partition holds a good system, the Booter, Apple HD SC, Drive Setup,
>Installer, a few other utilities (like RAMometer), and a NetBSD 1.6
>installation kernel.
>
>John Klos
>Sixgirls Computing Labs

You can also boot from the "network access floppy", which is 7.5.x, I
believe, and then access your utilities, and booter from a network
volume.  I've done this with success, and it means I don't have to have
a MacOS partition on the HD at all.  The installer also works
when booted this way.

-dgl-