doctor@fruitbat.org
Sun, 1 Aug 1999 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT)
Scott R. Every said ...
>
> Every thing you need can be found at ftp://ftp.emji.net/pub/ans/
>
> basically you need to ftp the kernel(vmlinux.coff) in binary format to a
> mac then store it on an HFS floppy. This kernel will safely boot ans ANS
> 700
I just wanted to comment about the floppy format. I didn't have a Mac
available to me when I started getting my ANS 700 up and running.
However! OpenFirmware, for good or bad, recognizes another disk format
for the floppy: DOS (all together now: "Yuck!"). For those who are
starting out fresh and don't have access to a Mac, I just thought this
little bit of info might be useful. Here's what you do:
Format a fresh floppy on a DOS machine (or for that matter any machine
that can format a DOS filesystem on a floppy). Then copy the installer
(eg: ins.5.coff) to the floppy, but name it something within the 8.3
naming restriction of DOS (eg: "INS_5.COF"). Then pop it into the ANS
floppy drive and type:
0> boot fd:,ins_5.cof
Note the device name "fd:,". That comma after the colon denotes to
OpenFirmware that the filesystem is DOS instead of HFS. You can do the
same for the vmlinux.coff kernel floppy too. Thanks goes to a little
note in the Apple Tech Info Library on OpenFirmware (Article Id 60285).
-- Peter A. Castro (doctor@fruitbat.org) or (pcastro@us.oracle.com)
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