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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
To: Jim Somerville <somer@nortelnetworks.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: quik vs. bootx
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:28:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990413212835.023110@mail.mipsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <03E3E0690542D211A1490000F80836F4877DEC@zcard00f.ca.nortel.com>


On Tue, Apr 13, 1999, Jim Somerville <somer@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:

>None of my systems have MacOS on them...I'm using quik.  I have no desire
>to reinstall MacOS just so I can boot linux.  Will quik work with the 2.2
>kernel, or will I be screwed here?  I'm currently using 2.1.24 on all my
>systems.

This should be added to the FAQ... 

BootX is not meant to _replace_ quik. Since OF is not working well enough
on a lot of Macs, BootX may be your only choice, but if quik works for
you and you like it, then use it, it's hopefully still working. OF
booting is better from a "theorical" point of view ;-)

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  reply	other threads:[~1999-04-13 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-04-13 14:23 quik vs. bootx Jim Somerville
1999-04-13 19:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
1999-04-13 20:57   ` Dave Weis
1999-04-14 10:47     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-04-14 12:46       ` Dave Weis
1999-04-13 21:26 ` Tom Rini
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-04-13 20:25 AArthur
1999-04-09  6:43 Zach Metzinger
1999-04-09  8:57 ` Thomas Capricelli

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