On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Miguel Beccari wrote:
> > > > > 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 ? > Yes, to use BootX, you'll need a minimal MacOS install. There are other ways of booting, (quik for one), but I haven't explored them. > > 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. > I don't know. I can read it on my machines in MacOS. As you said, it's a hybrid iso9660/hfs disc, so it should be readable in MacOS. How did you get the BootX stuff off of it? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
