Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:28:23 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Andreas Tobler <toa@pop.agri.ch> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OF boot commands for firewire Message-ID: <42900A67.90307@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <428FAEA2.50805@pop.agri.ch>
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Hi Andreas, > new subject. You mentioned that your build was done on an external fw > disc on a macmini. Do you also boot from it ? I haven't with the mini, but I boot the powerbook from it all the time. > I have placed the loader on a hfs drive. > Now I enter OF and I type 'boot hd:7,\boot\loader fw:3| fw:3, .... > (I do not know if fw:3 is really right, or if we need additional > arguments. There is only one drive attached to the bus and it has 3 > partitions, map, swap, root) Almost :) For partition 3, what you want to do is: boot hd:7,\boot\loader fw/node/sbp-2/disk@0:3 If the fstab file is set up on the firewire drive, the kernel will just go straight into mounting root without prompting. later, Peter.home | help
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