Thats fantastic! Have you performed this yourself?
j
On 2/25/00 2:44 PM, mukesh agrawal < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If the desktop mac has Open Firmware, then you can use the desktop in
>something like SCSI Disk Mode. Hook your powerbook to the SCSI port of the
>desktop system (you don't need the special SCSI Disk Mode cable for this).
>Hold down Command-Option-O-F when you power up the desktop system. Then
>power up your Powerbook.
>
>Voila -- because the desktop system is in Open Firmware, it won't try to
>control the devices on the bus. Assuming that the desktop's CD-ROM is
>bootable, just hold down the C key while your Powerbook boots. If it isn't,
>the book will boot from the first bootable drive. If that happens to be the
>internal powerbook disk, and you don't want to boot from that, hold down
>Delete-Option-Command-Shift (DOCS).
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