Re: How do I move a disk from one 7xxx to another and related matters?
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:16:32PM +0800, debian@computerdatasafe.com.au wrote:
> > The difficulty with the 7200, and maybe the 7300, is that OpenFirmware
> > doesn't drive the screen, so if you want to muck around in there,
> > you have to hook up a tty to the modem port.
>
> Thereis lies a whole nother bunch of fun. I have a Mac modem cable, came
> with a box of junk, and I have a PC null-modem cable. The two connect,
> and with Linux running at both ends I can type back and forth at myself
> until I become bored with it.
>
> However, O-F talks the the peecee, but doesn't listen.
>
> Quik also talks to the peecee and doesn't listen.
Do you hae the terminal software set for 38400 baud? That's OF's
native rate AFAIK. Also, check that the NVRAM output-device is also
set to ttya (usually both input-device and output-device default to
that).
> Since I wrote previously, I've booted the Woody bootfloppies and had a
> fiddle with nvsetenv, and I set the system to boot from the internal
> disk. Nothing happened that I could see, but I happened to be wired up
> with minicom listening at the peecee and here's what it said:
> RESETing to change Configuration!
> no bootable HFS partition
Have you actually run the Make Hard Disk Bootable menu item? That
writes a boot block on the disk (partition '0') which starts quik. If
you're getting the boot: prompt, then that's done properly. If this
message is coming from quik, re-check your quik.conf to be sure you've
properly specified a root partition. But it doesn't sound like a quik
message, because quik would be looking for ext2, not hfs.
> >
> > > Can I make a bootable CD for them without preserving macos?
> >
> > Bootable CDs are not possible using only free software. We don't have
> > bootable CDs in the distribution for OldWorlds. OTOH, a CD with the
> > MacOS boot drivers is bootable no matter what remains on the hard
> > disk. (But, if there are no HFS partitions, it wouldn't be able to do
> > much anyway.)
>
> So long as it's legal, I don't care how I create bootable CDs. Is there
> something I should read?
I believe I read something about it in the mkisofs or cdrecord
documentation. You copy the code from an existing bootable MacOS CD,
IIRC. Legality is not my area.
> How do I tell whether a disk has firmware I should keep?
You wouldn't be erasing firmware, just the Apple disk driver partitions.
If you won't have MacOS, you won't need them at all.
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