Subject: Re: bootable CDs
To: Bruce ONeel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/21/2004 06:49:13
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 01:51:09PM +0100, Bruce ONeel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I worked yesterday evening to make a bootable CD for my
> clamshell iBook and I was 100% sucessful for one which
> boots from OpenFirmware but was not sucessful for one
> which could boot with the C key.
>
> I was wondering if there was abug in the instructions at
> www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html where they
> talked about the bootscript file. After talking about
> adding the .chrp extension to the hfsmap.lst file
> I would have expected to have bootscript end in .chrp.
> Either that or I'd expect that some other file would end
> in .chrp, right?
>
> Or is my mental model wrong. My vague memories of
> C booting required a blessed system folder with a file with a
> particular mac type in it.
speaking of which, does the ISO on the netbsd.org site boot with the C press
thing? i'm not a mac-head, and my 8600 refuses to boot from the cd-rom if i
press and hold C. i'm just waiting for my serial cable to show up, since i
can't seem to get the things to go to OF on the gfx head either. (not a huge
deal since this thing is going to run headless)
thanks!
-brian
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