Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:16:31 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Cc: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD/powerpc from external FireWire drive? Message-ID: <07BF978E-D458-4138-8871-00D5AC1106C0@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <4CAA4828.3010906@freebsd.org> References: <40D5CC15-8828-4CFD-AE13-2211B9742AE2@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20101001150548.6a652cba@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> <5F44B27D-0A14-4F59-8EA2-2D52ADC4C79D@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <4CAA4828.3010906@freebsd.org>
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On Oct 4, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> Any clues as to why booting from the OpenFirmware prompt is not working? > > Try the ofw pathname suggested at http://markmail.org/message/j4tpjpbhxobnxixu > > later, > > Peter. Thank you! Using the above information, and a suggestion from Daniel (fbsd23@sol42.com) re: copying /boot/loader from the install CD to the root directory of the Mac OS X install, I am able to boot from the external FW drive via this command: boot hd:,\loader fw/node/sbp-2/disk@0:3 without having to remember to have the install CD loaded, too. It would be nice to be able to have \loader loaded from the external FW drive, too, but this solution works. Many thanks to everyone who helped. Cheers, Paul.home | help
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