Mullin9 wrote: > Booting old Macs, using just an ethernet. > I have a Beige G3 Powermac, without a working CDROM, > no FW 400, but a freshly installed HDD, > and a G4 running OS 9, can I boot (net boot) a beige G3 off an OS 9 > running on a G4, using just the ethernet.?
Nope. AFAIK the only way to Netboot requires an OS X Server. > > Target mode is fine for 2 Macs, only if you have FW on both of them. Or you can hook a FW / IDE drive interface to the target drive. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
