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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).I'm able to launch the BSD boot loader (ofwboot.xcf) from the floppy but I get in dreaded OFW claim failure since I'm unable to override... -
speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).Resuming after a vacation pause... I reverted my PM7100 to 24MB RAM (down from 136MB). After repairing the boot volume which was...
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).So I went back and installed a clean System 7.5. I had to grab a copy of the original 61/71/8100 installation CD from Macintosh Garden...
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).Thanks. Looking at release dates, 7.5.5 was Sept 96 whereas Copland D11E4 was June 96 .. so it may well matter.
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).Yes and no. On my first install, it booted back into 7.5 and I used System Picker to select the OS8 system folder. That seems to screw...
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).And poking around the Copland D11E4 install kit, the previously attached ofw and nvram images are resources in the Mac OS Loader "app"...
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).This is all fascinating and covered nowhere on the web. In fact, if you now google about it, you'll be sent this this very thread! I'm...
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speakers replied to the thread PowerMac 7100 and Linux (and NetBSD).I've tracked down the ram mis-configuration issue to a problem with BootX's PDM video re-mapping. BootX modifies the memory map passed...