Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:42:39 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD - some initial details Message-ID: <41F48ACF.1050209@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <p0620073bbe1a2d5c8606@[128.113.24.47]> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> <p06200731be1731cf8ec8@[128.113.24.47]> <p06200739be1a164f1ed0@[128.113.24.47]> <p0620073bbe1a2d5c8606@[128.113.24.47]>
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Hi Garance,
> b) Boot into OSX and copy /boot/loader from the miniinst CD
> into / on OSX. Reboot, break into OpenFirmware, and
>
> 0 > boot hd:loader hd:11
>
> I couldn't get the second one to work for me. In my case, I have
> a MacOS 10 install on hd #9, with freebsd on hd #5. The following
> did seem to work:
>
> 0 > boot hd:9,loader hd:5
The "hd:" without a partition number signifies the default bootable
partition on the drive. The value can be seen at the OFW prompt with
0 > printenv boot-volume
.. and the contents found with:
0 > dir hd:
Also, try:
0 > printenv boot-device
On my Powerbook, this is "hd:,\\:tbxi", which means to go to the
default directory ('\\') on the default partition, and load the file of
type 'tbxi'.
> I have tried to come up with some kind of trick where I could select
> a MacOS 10 partition, and have the machine boot up the freebsd boot
> loader instead of the MacOS 10 kernel, but none of those tricks have
> worked...
I haven't mucked around too much with this, but I suspect you need a
Forth script similar to src/release/powerpc/boot.tbxi which would
live on the default boot partition. Then, you could setenv the
'boot-command' variable in OpenFirmware to boot with this file.
later,
Peter.
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