[K12OSN] Booting macs

[cliebow at downeast.net]

if they are old world gv3 without openfirmware..they wont netboot..it is
probably possible to do chubby client with a kernel on the mac hard
drive..but i dont know of anyone doing it..i played long enough to find the
mklinux boot loadr wont work..chuck\

> Hello all,
> 
> I've just gotten two mac G3/266mhz machines I would like to try and get
> going on my k12ltsp network.  I'm running 4.4.0 of k12ltsp.
> 
> When I power up the mac, I just can't seem to get it to boot from the
> network.  I've tried holding down the n key while booting (I held it down
> when powering on), I googled and found that I might try open
> apple+option+o+f (again, while powering on).  I've also tried holding
> several other combinations of all these with no luck.
> 
> These things take 2 or 3 minutes to get to the "welcome to mac os 9.2"
> screen.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> Am I holding down the wrong buttons?  At the wrong time?  What's the correct
> combination?
> 
> When can I tell if I'm successful or not?  Should I see that stupid smiling
> mac?
> 
> All help is greatly welcome.
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
> Viva la Open Source!
> 
> 
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