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Re: making a cd bootable for a mac



On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:16:51PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> 
> 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.

Good catch, Ethan.  I would bet that's what it is.  Matthew, when you
get the machine booted, could you show us /proc/device-tree/compatible,
please?

Dan

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