On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 04:06:20PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Then you can grab the resulting file in arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff > which is a valid XCOFF image that old OFs can load. I use it to netboot a > wallstreet powerbook when doing tests and it works just fine. Note that > some versions of 2.2.13/2.2.14 has a bug that broke coff booting. I fixed > this in recent kernels, so if you use my latest kernel or one compiled > from Paul current rsync tree, it should work.
Since you've done some netbooting, i figured i'd ask ... do you know what Mac models can be successfully booted from the network? Apple says only NewWorld macs, but a) that's for OS X's NetBoot Server b) it's Apple, they lie c) obviously there's some OldWorld things that can netboot as seen from your experience. I've been screwing around with a 4400/200 but it seems not to even have an OF driver for its ethernet card (DLINK-530 (Tulip)). So obviously there are some that don't work as well. *grumble* I kinda wish Apple would release ROM upgrades for these flaky old machines... -- James Deikun, Techie(tm), CSI Multimedia The opinions expressed &c.
