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To: Matthias Schojohann <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD 10 on an iBook G4
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On 11.10.14 10:17, Matthias Schojohann wrote:
> Hello and good morning!
> I just installed FreeBSD 10 on my beloved old iBook G4
> I have that known error, that my Mac boots into a white screen (FreeBSD is the only OS installed).
> If i go to Open Firmware and tell him to boot hd; hd:0 it works…which is obviously pretty annoying ;)
> So how can i change that? I know it’s possible but i can’t seem to find the answer online :/

Boot into OF (at boot press 'alt-apple-O-F')

set your boot device:


 > setenv boot-device sd1:2,\\:tbxi

The sd1:2 should be replaced with your hd:partition where the 
loader/kernel sits. Obviously in your case:


 > setenv boot-device hd:0,\\:tbxi

HTH,
Andreas