From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 19:33:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D67110656B1 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 19:33:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gdriggs@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA99F8FC17 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 19:33:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so2772566gwb.13 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:33:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=WlI+EqXWswvp8+qR8FSjneiv8CNMG3lqA1hwJ8j+LbE=; b=RyoUni2U7AAt1K7KDU71wv6dJJ9+M0A1Z0QxOlDfgwCQUYa0zodO47Q0b/VQgYZhwn CStfCURDAHOdngh7n/ieVKnt8Vq6dkyFdx1uMHlwN+8DvW9nbstLiUXw7jg86gotZk+G ciVh7ryVMMFFrfp6QpanQEiXkXhDzMaFohdhY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=gnFIGp3yIPheUHSJNfBX0l3lnn3KbxaCWt+5B0XTwDkDiWFWkrCYueWT8JOCyR+Icm mpgeDfHdHpfi7Boqyc98Z/i9NegIzqoh+W31Ze91JGtCY35QA1fsYa9TikEI72+sScxS DPRD5nNEkGuzgXQj/RdVGYR1PSqo4KodFXiV0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.35.201 with SMTP id q9mr810120ibd.176.1286307193277; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:33:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.20.9 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:33:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8040E102-FEBF-48E3-AA06-ADD47458C963@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> 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> <07BF978E-D458-4138-8871-00D5AC1106C0@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20101005195613.22292695.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <8040E102-FEBF-48E3-AA06-ADD47458C963@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:33:13 -0700 Message-ID: From: Gary To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD/powerpc from external FireWire drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:33:18 -0000 On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Paul Mather wrote: > It works when booting from the graphical boot chooser (obtained by holding down > the Option key during boot), but I couldn't figure out a way to boot from an external > FireWire drive from the OpenFirmware prompt (Cmd-Opt-O-F startup). Presumably you have it temporarily connected to a monitor in order to learn that holding Option lets you boot from the external drive. In that case, have you tried booting in to OS X and choosing that drive from the "Startup Disk" system preferences? -Gary