Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:50:57 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD trivia Message-ID: <19990205215057.G6050@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <36BBA1FF.284797A9@whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0800 References: <36BBA1FF.284797A9@whistle.com>
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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!
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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