Re: boot from CD-ROM?

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From: M Carling
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:24

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In article <1992Aug21.085547.996@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
marcu@leland.Stanford.EDU (Marc Albert Ullman) writes:
> Supposedly newer versions of the boot rom have other enhancements like
> selective support for parity-based memory. 

I'm not sure what you mean by "selective support for parity-based memory". 

> Also, I was of the impression
> that you can't boot from the floppy either but must use the floppy to
> upgrade the hard disk so that it can then read the CD.

You have to insert the floppy and the CD-ROM, then "bfd" at the ROM  
monitor prompt. It boots mach from the floppy, and then continues from the  
CD-ROM. You can then do a BuildDisk, either with or without initializing  
the disk first.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
--
I believe George Bush, Anita Hill, and Pinocchio.

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