> > Not booting from the CD is normal on OldWorld - that's why BootX is > provided. I don't have access to any 8500's but I can tell you what > modules are used on the 7600: >
I am old with linux but on x86 only (lilo, grub, award bios etc), so I have to understand some things... for example: should I leave a Mac (with the MacOS) partition to have BottX working ? > SCSI: mesh > Ethernet: mace > > mac53c94 is also used for SCSI on some older machines. I doubt the > integrated NIC is 3com, but I suppose anything is possible. > Theese are useful informations. The last question is: if I put the hybrid burned ppc-8.2 cdrom on my linux box (x86) i can mount and read with no problems all; but if I put the cdrom in the old sony (on the Mac) the system say the cd have to be formatted. Why ? Miguel Beccari
