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Date:      Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:17:15 +0200
From:      Axel Scheepers <axel.scheepers@nl.clara.net>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: auto booting
Message-ID:  <1250713035.21000.49.camel@ceridwen.thuis.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908191403520.62016@banshee.munuc.org>
References:  <1250699898.21000.37.camel@ceridwen.thuis.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908191403520.62016@banshee.munuc.org>

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On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 14:08 -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> Open Firmware needs its output set to screen in order to initialize the=20
> display. You can do this with a custom bootscript, or you can use the HFS=
=20
> loader image that the system provides at /boot/boot1.hfs. This is a=20
> small HFS filesystem containing a boot block and an OF script that you ca=
n
> dd to a !Apple_HFS or !Apple_Bootstrap partition. sysinstall still needs
> to be taught about this...
> -Nathan

Thanks Nathan,

I'll check this out next time I'm near my iBook.

Kind regards,

Axel Scheepers

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