"[MM-Project]SaouLLaBiT" <saoullabit DeleteThis @nerim.net> wrote in message
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> Does someone know what is the procedure of BOOT on a MAC.
> I want to load a LINUX kernel but .... i don't knowhow a MAC boots ....
Macs boot into OpenFirmware, a Forth-like environment for loading kernels
and device drivers and addressing system resources.
See the following Technotes for working with Open Firmware:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1044.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1044.html</a>
There are other OpenFirmware Q&As at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://developer.apple.com/qa/indexes/hw-a.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/qa/indexes/hw-a.html</a>
Chris Espinosa
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