From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 15:51:49 2008 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 2B0F91065686 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:51:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f21.google.com (mail-gx0-f21.google.com [209.85.217.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39CE8FC2F for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:51:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: by gxk14 with SMTP id 14so6590206gxk.19 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=LJd2wIJhNvlObfdBa1h7GdoZtKFvwt2HyGk6AA/O2p8=; b=RdfGBDlolmPkb3E5+TKEV4BtoTwzCZmhfWGaMV92e5PPOFnPPKDw4zJUqLwnFLzAOc zrTOSP7NhFPmG+ibghat6MYXM1Ynbb16MdATA8pqx6PMq1wLVm5IL7KJfb7UpuPtfoJB vwxL8lvx4lHg6qaT6uSND1mozdGiuCMWs89Kg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=shVIOdkn//F656UCYh1d8n/ojXdS/cDn+KpcDj5xEm0ch6LDmvfd7r9h3z0QqqY4l2 yyccSmXknSEOgutmyuuKfpsijdnQo8DyO8lSA90F9qemPUdqRCw4cOk0CLojC45peZjt Bl14Zv1yR1m4C94zApKcfKj2nhHuY0v8EjCcQ= Received: by 10.142.222.21 with SMTP id u21mr2771937wfg.323.1223394707308; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.101.13 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:51:47 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" In-Reply-To: <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: bootloader installation 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, 07 Oct 2008 15:51:49 -0000 Hi, On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III wrote: > There's also a parameter in OF that allows autoboot, > correct? (I don't intend to go back from FreeBSD if you get my drift.) Yes. You can configure OF to autoboot FreeBSD using the loader, but I think if you use the "boot.tbxi" file Nathan mentioned, OF will boot it automatically if it doesn't find Mac OS. > > Also, as I don't any longer have OS X there, can I boot into the freebsd > that is on the hard disk, using the cd, from OF somehow, just until I > install the loader? Sure. Just use "boot cd:0,\boot\loader hd:Y" where Y is the FreeBSD partition number. You can also install the loader from FreeBSD using "hfsutils". > > Another question, does the loader have to reside in the same place as > the /boot directory? or can I leave /boot on the / UFS2 partition > andmerely use the loader? > The loader resides in a HFS partition, which is not the /boot partition. You do not need a /boot partition, you can leave /boot in the / partition. Hope that helps, Marco.