Re: bootable cds on oldworld [was Re: Backing an HFS partition]

[Rainer Gutkas <Rainer.Gutkas@kstp.at>]

vinai schrieb:

> On Fri, 27 May 2005, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
>
> > Can the mklinux CD:s boot oldworld macs? If so, you could perhaps copy
> > the partitions on the mklinux CD instead of copywrited Apple ones?
>
>
> Yes - they most certainly can.  I started off playing with linux on the
> power pc with Mk Linux on a 7500.  I don't know if it will boot a NuBus
> machine though.  The other issue is, I think the drivers on those CDs
> are still the property of Apple.  Remember Mk Linux came from, and for
> a while, was supported by Apple.
>
> I think in the realm of truly free loaders (for Mac machines) has only
> BootX (though that need MacOS to run), quik, and yaboot.  The verdict
> is still out on miBoot.  Can anyone comment on the status of that piece
> piece of software ?
>
> cheers
> vinai.
I try to get miboot working on a G3 Powerbook Wallstreet for a while 
now. So this Pb has got a 2 Gig harddisk and spending 100-200 MB's for a 
MacOs Bottloader seems like a big waste for me. Actually evry MB I can 
save is of great worth. But actually I didn't manage to get it right 
until now, so if you can give me suggestions what I could do  to get 
miboot up and running (for a linux only booting system) it would be great!

Yours,

Rainer

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