Subject: Re: YDL 2.1 will not boot on my iBook Dual USB (ISO Questions)
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 21:50:37 MST
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Jim Cole wrote:
> >can I set up my tftp boot server to pass yaboot over to the iBook for a
> >netboot and install YDL over the network?
>
Don't think so, MacOS's netboot stuff is different enough that you need to
run a special apple bootp server (the one that comes with osx-server) to
make it work. I don not belive the changes are open, though a weekend
with packet sniffer could probably tell you what you need to know.
This I know becuase I tried to do it :) There's info in the Apple kbase
about it, my os9 drive at work died this week, so the bookmark is, umm..
gone :)
Does the 2.1 installer support hard drive installs? If so you could, try
booting from any CD that's bootable (ydl-2 recuse, 1.2) and format a
partition to put the contents on via a local network (ie: mount .iso
with loop device on x86 box and move contents over to iBook using
network)
Yes, I know that's a hack, and an inelegant one at that, but sometimes
you just need to get your hands dirty...
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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