Re: mac68k install process

> You can get MPW for free if you want a compiler that will work, but  
> the sources were created in CodeWarrior, and linked against CW  
> libraries ... and I couldn't even find the right version

Which version is that?  If it's a really old version, the code can  
probably be converted to a newer version of CodeWarrior.  This is  
usually a painless (i.e. automatic) process in CodeWarrior.

> Not that I actually looked that hard, since I'm barely a C programmer,  
> and I have little desire to hone my skills learning the intricacies of  
> MacOS 7. (Now THERE'S a useful skill to develop -- especially since  
> the whole point of the exercise is to run a different OS ;-) )

If memory serves me correctly, CodeWarrior can be run on a PowerPC  
under MacOS 8 or 9 to target a 68K Mac.

But that may all be moot because, as you say...

> Or if the subtle bug preventing bsd.rd from identifying a swap  
> partition (  
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-mac68k&m=108255672412131&w=2 )  
> could be fixed, then all the MacOS-based installer would have to do is  
> install bsd.rd.

As i understand it (although i have yet to try it myself), this has  
been done by the NetBSD folks (in vers 1.6) and works for OpenBSD:

ftp://reva.sixgirls.org/pub/NetBSD/m68k/NetBSD-1.6.2-mac-softfloat/ 
mac68k-softfloat/installation/instkernel/
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