miboot links

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

If you're truly interested in making CDs bootable on pre-NewWorld
machines, including OldWorld PCI Macs, NuBus PowerMacs, and 68k Macs, I've
done it after a couple of coasters. It's a difficult thing to accomplish,
and next to impossible for hybrid CDs. Also, it cannot be done properly
from Linux as mkisofs is broken in that regard. You need to use Mac OS
10.3.x, and you must have your 10.2 install discs handy. For background on
how such CDs work, read:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1189.html

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:46:46 -0400, Brian Barr wrote:

> Using the hint found at the bottom of all YDL mail digests (HINT: to Google archives, try  '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'), I found the following on miBoot:
> 
> guides to use:
> (oringinally from http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-July/015029.html):
> 
> http://www.tanneryd.com/twiki/bin/view/Techstuff/YDLOnPowerCurveInstall
> 
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-April/006938.html
> 
> It looks like Daniel Gimpelvich is the guy who knows how this works:
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-July/015047.html
> 
> Here's where he provides the link:
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-July/015050.html
> 
> and the link itself (which was still active this morning...):
> http://homepage.mac.com/danielg4/miBoot.bin
> 
> 
> 
>>Yep, LinuxPPC used this method, but all the links and howtos are
>>non-existent.  Miboot's main issue, from trolling the 'net, is
>>recognizing the keyboard and mouse at bootup.  Can't login if you
>>can't type in UN and PW.  Thanks for the miBoot reference.
> 
> Now correct me if I am wrong (I jumped in the middle of this conversation), but I thought the goal was to run another OS without having MacOS installed.  The purpose of BootX and MiBoot is to get the machine up enough to point it at a kernel of somesort.  ONce the kenrel starts loading, *the kernel* provides mouse and keyboard drivers, and once the rest of the OS is up, then you log in.
> 
> As I said before, I have no problems using miBoot to boot my Power Center into YLD 3.1 and the mouse and keyboard work fine.  Heck, now I am thinking that a live CD would be a neat thing to try out!  I just starting using Ubuntu on my other machine, and they have a PPC distro as well, hmmm maybe give that a shot when I have some free time....
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