Re: Old world mac boot floppies
On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 12:25:06AM +0100, Malte Cornils wrote:
> Hi Wade,
>
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:01:38PM -0700, Wade Berrier wrote:
> > I've set up open firmware (version 2.0) to have the display as output
> > and the keyboard as input, and auto-boot to false.
> >
> > But, I've tried what seems every combination of boot fd or boot floppy
> > to no avail. I'll usually get back can't LOAD.
> >
> > And really, the main problem with my woody install is that when I
> > reboot, I get "CLAIM FAILED".
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not close to my 4400 at the moment, so I can't help
> (and I have no experience with the woody boot floppies).
>
> The boot.img for the 2.4 kernel booted for me (but had problems reading
> the root.img, which might be model-specific to a few 4400 variants
> judging from my and others' experiences with this specific system).
>
> Please try pinging me again at the weekend, I'll have more time then.
>
> Good luck,
> -Malte
>
> PS: The BootX method is much easier and both the 2.4 and 2.6 netboot
> images should work with that boot loader.
It is non-free though, so we cannot recomend it. The miboot method is also
somewhat non-free, but it is possible to free it. The only real free method
is using the .coff kernel (built in the 2.6 images) and netboot it over the OF
console.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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