From: David Riley <happyoscar42@usa.net>
To: Sean <picasso@madflower.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: New booter-New world
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:46:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37E0D87F.E8F2087A@usa.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37E0A14A.E4217C4@madflower.com
Sean wrote:
>
> Since the New World machines have a flashable ROM, why doesn't Apple
> just write a new flash ROM for MacOS X by writing a flash with
> bootloader on it that stores its information in the MBR or PRAM
> (multiple PRAM settings) or somewhere so they don't have to use the
> secret partition trick to get MacOS X to boot correctly. In the process,
> they might as well add an allowance so you can boot Linux or another
> alternative OS in the extra slots (multiple kernels, etc). And the
> ability to pick which OS you prefer to boot.
It's quite possible that this is being worked on, because I can't
imagine that Apple wants to do that thing with an HFS partition if they
don't have to. They're not just lazy bums out there, ya know. ;-) If
they are working on that, it's probably just undisclosed.
--
--"Your mouse has been moved. Windows 95 must be restarted for change
to take effect."
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-16 11:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <v04210105b404ed46f043@[192.168.0.1]>
1999-09-15 9:39 ` New booter Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-09-15 9:58 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 17:53 ` Kevyn Shortell
1999-09-15 18:03 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-09-15 22:40 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 22:56 ` Tom Rini
1999-09-16 7:50 ` New booter-New world Sean
1999-09-16 11:46 ` David Riley [this message]
1999-09-16 17:05 ` Kevyn Shortell
1999-09-16 23:46 ` Sean
1999-09-15 23:03 ` New booter Dan Burcaw
1999-09-15 22:37 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 23:02 ` Peter Bierman
1999-09-16 3:18 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-16 3:37 ` David D. Kilzer
1999-09-15 23:10 ` Wolfgang Denk
1999-09-16 8:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-09-16 8:38 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-16 10:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-09-16 17:01 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-09-16 18:48 ` Michel Lanners
1999-09-15 23:15 ` erik cameron
1999-09-16 3:50 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-16 4:21 ` Dan Burcaw
1999-09-15 17:22 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-09-15 22:41 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 17:39 ` Peter Bierman
1999-09-15 22:27 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 22:47 ` David N. Welton
1999-09-15 23:01 ` Dan Burcaw
1999-09-15 22:48 ` Peter Bierman
1999-09-15 23:19 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-15 23:48 ` Tom Rini
1999-09-16 0:23 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-09-16 4:02 ` Sean
1999-09-16 5:42 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-09-16 3:59 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-16 7:42 ` New booter (about quik) Michel Lanners
1999-09-17 0:32 ` Paul Mackerras
1999-09-17 1:46 ` Ethan Benson
1999-09-17 15:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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