Re: Trying to boot a PowerMac 4400/200
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 07:00:41PM -0500, Uwe Muench wrote:
>
> > [BootX_1.2.2.sit....]
> > > Can you download it under linuxppc? If you have hfsutils installed,
> > > you can unpack sit files under linux right onto your hfs partition.
> >
> > Yes, I can, but:
> >
> > How do I unpack sit files under linux? I have an old version of
> > LinuxPPC, hfsutils is installed, but I don't see anything that could
> > do that... Maybe it's too old, or - more probable - I'm blind...
>
> you can't, there is no tool that i am aware of that will extract .sit
> version 4 or 5 files. the .sit file format is heavily proprietary.
This is, unfortunately, correct. I was mistaken. The hcopy program
in hfsutils can do .hqx files and .bin files but not .sit files. You
will have to get stuffit expander. It's a free download from
http://www.aladdinsys.com/
*This* you can download under linux and use hcopy to install on your
macos partition. Then, you can use it under macos to install bootx.
Best wishes,
cbb
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