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Date:      Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:26:33 +0200
From:      Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch>
To:        Matthias Schojohann <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD 10 on an iBook G4
Message-ID:  <5438E9B9.9070909@fgznet.ch>
In-Reply-To: <F8FBF6D9-B0BD-4C03-932F-44D822DF895E@gmail.com>
References:  <F8FBF6D9-B0BD-4C03-932F-44D822DF895E@gmail.com>

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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




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