/stew kicks self...
Hmm, didn't even pay attetion to that. I would have to do some research
to figure it out myself. www.imaclinux.net may have some stuff on it, but
it's been down for a couple of weeks after an equipment move.
A quick Google search on "miboot howto" yields this page that may be
useful:
http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-user/200003/msg01388.html
HTH
Stew Benedict
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
> It seems that miBoot is included with the BootX version on the first
> Mandrake iso...I do not know how to use it however as it has no
> instructions provided :P
>
> Malik
>
> Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
> with experience.
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
>
> >
> > No it's not =(. If you come across a packaged version, or would care to
> > package it, we'd be happy to include it though for others. I don't have an
> > OldWorld machine to try it out on.
> >
> > Stew
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
> >
> > > yeah, I'm running 9.1 on an oldworld machine. I remember having some
> > > issues with LinuxPPC when using BootX.
> > >
> > > is miboot included with the Mandrak 8.0 beta?
> > >
> > > Malik
> > >
> > > Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
> > > with experience.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know BootX development has mostly stopped. Yaboot is the boot
> > > > method of choice for NewWorld machines, as it does not require you to run
> > > > MacOS before running Linux, whih can sometimes create problems on the
> > > > Linux side. Are you running 9.1 on an OldWorld machine?
> > > >
> > > > I briefly played with quik when I first started with PPC, with little
> > > > success, but hopefully I know a bit more about Open Firmware now ;^).
> > > > There is also miboot.
> > > >
> > > > Stew Benedict
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi;
> > > > >
> > > > > I was just wondering if there was any effort at all to make BootX
> > > > > compatible with OS 9.1? Was 9.1 really that different from 9.0? If not, I
> > > > > heard about something called quik,
> > > > > anyone got any experience with that?
> > > > >
> > > > > Malik
> > > > >
> > > >
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