Thanks for clarifying ... I often try to word my
descriptions in terms of something familiar to the
client I'm talking to. Yes, macbios = Mac OS ROMs.
My bad on wording :)
I found the best info on bootloaders for whichever
machines on the bootx project web page. Looks like
your right about the the biege thing... all beige
machines use bootx. I've been working with the things
for three years now and never really had a reason to
know that :)... learn something new everyday right.
thanks,
Rob
--- Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> On Thursday 19 June 2003 11:25 am, Robert Eanes
> wrote:
> > Is it an old iMac or a biege old world mac.. some
> of
> > the biege G3 actually used the macbois in software
> > stored on disk (ie new world macs)
>
> You're talking about the Mac OS ROMs. They were
> pulled out of the hardware,
> and stuck into OS software. All Beige G3's are
> Oldworld. Any Mac that has
> pretty colors is NewWorld. There is no macbios.
> There is, however, Open
> Firmware, which is the same idea, but way different
> implementation.
>
> Russell
>
> > If it is an old world mac, then try YellowDog if
> your
> > new to linux. Pretty nice setup and lots of help
> to
> > get you started.. you will need, if it has a
> hardware
> > bios stick, a mac os installed.... you can
> download
> > mac os 7.5.3 up 7.5.5 for free from apple and used
> > that to boot into linux. BTW, not completely sure
> > about this... check the YellowDog or Debian
> hardware
> > lists, but I don't think the addin card is going
> to be
> > usable... most of the lists I have seen say the
> > "co-processor" or upgrades are not usable.. but
> could
> > be wrong :)
> >
> > If you would like mac os 7.5.5 burned on a cd I
> have
> > it... contact me off list.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
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