From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 5 20:51:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA23249 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:51:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zaphod.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA23241 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:51:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@zaphod.softweyr.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by zaphod.softweyr.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) id VAA06144; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:50:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes) Message-ID: <19990205215057.G6050@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:50:57 -0700 From: Wes Peters To: Julian Elischer , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD trivia References: <36BBA1FF.284797A9@whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <36BBA1FF.284797A9@whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Just in case you get offered an iMAC somewhere.. > > NetBSD boots nicely on it. > In fact the imacs have a Net-boot built into the eeprom > so if you hit 'N' when you hear the gong (and hold it) > it'll send out dhcp/bootp requests > and if you supply it with the current NetBSD distribution kernel, > it'll boot nicely running an NFS root. Any progress on booting from the hard drive yet? I might want to carry mine into work every once in a while, or out to the boat. ;^) > That little {strawberry, lime, bannana, blueberry, ???} machine > looks so cool with those Xterm windows :-) >From the web page: The world's best-selling personal computer now comes in blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, grape and lime-and at an even more affordable price. I looked at them at CompUSA the other day; the blueberry is kinda ugly. I think I'll get a grape. > Doug Ambrisko here has been setting it up and 'tis cool! > > Good job by the NetBSD folk!! As usual. Let's hear it for iBSD! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message