Re: [Nubus-pmac-users] CD-less PB1400 challenge

[Florian B. <eup...@ar...>]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Richard G. schrieb:
> Would it be possible to pull down a root fs via the network? 
> (NFS-mounted root, writing a boot image to the HD via a TFTP utility, 
> etc.?)

I guess NFS-mounted root sounds good.
Have done this with a newer embedded PPC board on Linux 2.6 recently.

Have a look at http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/nfsroot.txt?v=2.4.28

> Where can one obtain MacOS boot floppy images, however? I was under the 
> impression that these were not freely distributable.

Haven't tried that method yet, but is supposed to work:
http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cpan.2006.02.04.16.52.11.249779%40gimpelevich.san%2dfrancisco.ca.us%3e

>> PS: Instead of looking for a IDE CD drive, you may want to connect a
>> SCSI drive on the back. It's cheaper and easier to get.
> 
> Even if I could find an external drive for sale---I've never seen it---I
> couldn't justify getting one just for this machine, given the
> proprietary connector.

You can find an adapter to standard SCSI on eBay frequently.
I can borrow you mine, assuming you live in the area of Munich, Germany :)

   Florian