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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!192.18.82.5!ide.com!not-for-mail From: Andy Sparrow <andy@ide.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Booting NetBSD/mac68k off Zip? Date: 8 Jan 1997 22:20:10 GMT Organization: Interactive Development Environments Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5b16iq$mkt@venus.ide.com> References: <tycheung-0501971150450001@tycheung.millburn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: linus.ide.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960923] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mac.comm:183868 comp.unix.bsd:16862 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5116 comp.sys.mac.apps:174865 Tyler Cheung <tycheung@ultrasparc.millburn.org> wrote: > Is it possible to boot and run NetBSD/Mac68k off of a Zip disk? This > would really be interesting since I could theoretically choose between > UNIX and Mac OS whenever I need one or the other. I've seen mention of someone doing this for NetBSD/pmax, which makes the installation on this platform a lot less awkward. > In an additional note, is it possible to connect with NetBSD to an > AppleTalk network or print to a LaserWriter? There's a couple of implementations of AppleTalk for Unix. There's Colombia Appletalk Protocol (CAP) or 'netatalk' from UMich. The latter gives Macs access to NFS-exported disks on Unix servers via AppleShare, and you can print to LaserWriters. See http://realm.siteways.nl/lists/atalk/ for details, including the FreeBSD port of 'netatalk'. Cheers, AS