From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <374440FF.D74A6407@americasm01.nt.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:06:07 -0400 From: "Jerry Quinn" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Remco Post CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: OF booting news References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Remco Post wrote: > > On 19-May-99 Jerry Quinn wrote: > > > > I think the issue is that there isn't an OF driver at all for the > > platinum controller. With the old OF booting through quik, nothing > > could display on the screen until linux took control, which was one > > reason why BootX is a huge improvement (as is MkBooter for mklinux). > > > BootX is a huge improvement if you like waiting for a machine to boot and have > an option. Quik is still my favourite since I never boot MacOS on my 7200. > Having to install my kernel on a MacOS partition was another thing I disliked > about BootX (that may have changed by now....) BootX is a huge improvement because it allows OS choice in a clean manner. I don't like waiting for my system to boot any more than the next person, although timeout on an OS chooser doesn't bother me. I share the machine with my wife, who wants to use MacOS. Also some MacOS games. So being able to switch is a requirement for me. I'd love to have a booter that could present an OS choice box (on a 7200-class machine :-) that didn't have to partially boot into MacOS. Hence my original question about Platinum OF drivers. Jerry -- Jerry Quinn Tel: (514) 761-8737 jquinn@nortelnetworks.com Fax: (514) 761-8505 Speech Recognition Research [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]