on 12/26/05 10:40 PM, memsom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Although you can set the computer to start into BeOS, at least a >> minimal part of the Mac OS will need to load. > > Reading between the lines: You need a bootable MacOS partition to > bootstrap BeOS. BeOS will not run on a Mac without at least a basic Mac OS > installation - though you can hack the MacOS 8.1 Tools floppy to run from > a hard drive with resedit, and then you can get away with a mega small Mac > OS partition - say 2MB or so. There were instruction on the BeTips server > on how to do this.
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