on 5/2/02 5:33 PM, Lord David Gilman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please share this info about booting off a CDRW.....I am thinking about > buying a internal CDRW drive for my ol Rev D, and I know booting off the CD > is something that i'll need. :-( > > Also, could this mean that I could use a external USB CDRW to boot off of > via OF???? Is this possible???? > > > luvya and have fun, > ~LordGilman
Unfortunately it is not possible to boot from most IDE CD(RW) drives with the Rev A-D iMacs. I've tried the OpenFirmware method, I've looked into the 3rd party driver, none of that works. I actually know way more than I care to about OF from the days when I had both Linux and MacOS on my iMac. For example I can tell you what each part of /pci@800000000/mac-io@10/ide@20000/@0:5,\\:tbxi means and how to get it. I'm sure there are others on the list who can as well. It is basically the boot string that says boot from the pci bus, mac-io controller, ide controller, which ide controller, 5th partition of the first hard drive, find the tbxi file and boot from that. The problem is that unless your CD drive is supported by your version of OF you can't boot from it. Most non-apple drives are not supported unless they're the same as an apple OEM drive. The rev A-D iMacs will not boot from the USB ports. I don't know if the Harmoni upgrade changes this, I doubt it. Kevin Rev D iMac (Blueberry) / IceBook -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Apple iMac CDROMs from $79.99, iMac DVD CDROMs from $99.99 3 port USB Hub $14.99, 40GB Hard Drive Upgrades $119 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
