From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 20:10:41 2011 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 54B351065670 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:10:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F848FC15 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:10:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so4493317vws.13 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:10:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=El+A+2cMAwX8ARBwpffX0ys6rPMkLzb7Z3mxNQ4OkrM=; b=cl0l4BzrK3BN4WMhvqKRbl4m2EoVAsqDaZkOSMpahBx+s1NKK4LFpe4wmJisMO1TB6 YDHQqSZOQx7yAdmyhTntefUHusss4Mw8pY6jgAfp3taQTWOTKN81QuYbH1o5vlvh31L8 hUY0vgu0NgMnmED4ScdAbHST4Bp+vPoaHXA9o= 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 :cc:content-type; b=LXDYoCYleoVTiRm/IerpQ+na4VR7R3b6b16speRycionPMEWdQLxzdEarbk15Wgpre 0BxfxiyWaSS+zxfVnjcsYcphbCMsoUMvTnk6cZIsBFG3Mljk9xaXN20LkkZxOBo1a2X0 xPcwFDch8WpqaU/UfuNNNAkbOCqPgy0djHZJI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.0.196 with SMTP id 4mr2162937vdg.215.1300479040046; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.201.139 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:10:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110318200242.f957f677.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110114221406.34969090.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D31582F.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <20110115190637.7ac32abe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110122200810.2386cbef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110313221425.a8d3361f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4200D52B-ED04-4F6A-BA2A-EAD7DF3EBF37@gmail.com> <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110318200242.f957f677.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:10:39 -0400 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5) 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: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:10:41 -0000 Apologies. It was a set of questions for (Nathan) Whitehorn as to whether or not the boot directory could be set for an exact partition, if ufsread.c had to be modified, and if another filesystem can be used in the place of ufs2. On 3/18/11, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:36:59 -0400 > Super Bisquit wrote: > >> Okay, with boot1.txt, is it possible to set the exact partition number? > > boot1.txt is just the boot script, which OFW (Open Firmware) uses to load > boot1.elf > boot1.elf is the real boot "loader" (if I have figured this out correctly), > so I suspect we need to look at that, and figure out how it decides which > partition to boot from. > Look at /usr/src/sys/boot/powerpc/boot1.chrp/boot1.c > for the source. > >> And can ufsread.c be modified to allow such as booting from another >> partition? >> >> Can one use ffs instead of ufs2 and have a separate boot for what tingo >> asked? > > Sorry, I do not know the answers to those questions. > -- > Torfinn > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >