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Re: making a cd bootable for a mac



On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:57:11PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:41:43PM -0400, Matthew Kurpiewski wrote:
> > Well, I have an update on the bootable cd problem.  I'm fairly the convinced
> > that the problem is related to some changes in the new mac (or at least new
> > imac, new as in the ones released in July) hardware or openfirmware.  I
> > successfully booted the same cd that doesn't boot on my machine on a B&W G3
> > here in one of the labs.  I also tried, as per Garry Roseman's suggestions,
> > burning another cd on a mac making sure the system folder was "blessed" (it
> > didn't really matter, as the original was "blessed" anyhow) and trying the
> > Toast CD Reader extension, to no avail.  I really don't have the know how to
> > hunt down and fix the problem, however, I'd be willing to use my machine for
> > some testing if that helps get things fixed.  I just need someone to point
> > me in the right direction.
> 
> Oh, my.  That's interesting.  You might want to forward this to Ben H,
> since he's the only one who really understands the voodoo involved in
> yaboot.

it could also be that the imac in question is not listed in ofboot's
<COMPATIBLE> tag.  i added alot of new machines to ybin 0.21 ofboot.b.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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