Re: Compiling BootX?

On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 07:02 PM, Andrew P McPherson wrote:

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Takashi Oe wrote:

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On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:57:39 -0400 (EDT), Andrew P McPherson wrote:

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The problem with the MkLinux booter is that it refuses to run because
it
doesn't recognize the machine as "supported."  Is the source of the
MkLinux booter available so that I could disable that "feature," or
was
that a closed-source effort by Apple?

It's a closed-source software.  Is the one you have version 1.4?
What's the gestalt id of your machine with PPC card?  Have you tried
some software to fake the id (and change the type of apple booter from
'scri' to 'INIT' or so)?

Thanks for the suggestion.  Installing the "Wish" extension to change
the
gestalt ID to a PowerMac 6100/60 worked.  I did need  to change the type
to INIT because otherwise the booter always loaded before Wish.

I missed your hardware config.  What was it, again?  If it's a 68k mac
with a PPC card, you probably want to set it to the gestalt of a 5300.
The kernel should then identify that it isn't really a 5300 and should
half-heartedly attempt to boot anyway, then crash at some point.  Let me
know the gestalt, and I can verify whether the MkLinux booter knows it.
I can't promise that I'd be allowed to send you an update or anything,
but at least I can check and see if it knows the gestalt.  :-)


David


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