Re: G5 powermacs

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 16:43:44 +0200
Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:

> > Hm, the ISO image produced with "build.sh iso-image" for macppc,
> > isn't that bootable on macppc?  (I vaguely recall that possibly
> > being a problem in the past?)  
> 
> The ISOs do not contain the hybrid HFS+ part with ofboot.xcf, but I think 
> newer OF can boot off cd9660 file systems directly.

Older OF should be able to read it too, might need weird voodoo though, stuff like
boot scsi-int/sd@6,OFWBOOT.XCF;1 NETBSD;1
or something like that. These variants usually don't have a cd devalias
and their iso9660 implementations might be buggy.

have fun
Michael