Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:51:47 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" <marcotrillo@gmail.com> To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" <horst@sxemacs.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootloader installation Message-ID: <b9c23c9f0810070851w4eaa94a3k80f47454ce4bc781@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla> References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> <b9c23c9f0810070833h694f08f4w2177d3b0656f348a@mail.gmail.com> <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla>
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Hi, On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III <horst@sxemacs.org> 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.
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