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List:       mandrake-cooker-ppc
Subject:    Re: BootX replacement
From:       Robert Zelnik <zelnik () mail ! viapvt ! sk>
Date:       2001-07-14 4:13:56
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You can also use yaboot for OldWorld machines. I have LinuxPPC
distribution. The installation CD has yaboot in System folder which also
contains 286 bytes long "Finder" file. I can boot this CD on my OldWorld PM
7300.

Robert

Stew Benedict wrote =D2Re: BootX replacement=D3.
[06/Jul/2001Fri 15:21]

>
> 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


Robert Zelnik
mailto:zelnik@mail.viapvt.sk
http://www.domudra.sk/

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