Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:29:33 -0400 From: Ben Rosengart <ben+freebsd.org@narcissus.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: SMP; autoboot Message-ID: <20051016012933.GB31458@absinthe.tinho.net>
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Hi folks,
I have two questions about freebsd-ppc; they probably both are FAQs.
1. Is SMP supported on freebsd-ppc? If so, do I just have to build a
new kernel to make use of it, like on i386? (Is it safe to create
a smaller kernel config file by copying GENERIC, and going through
deleting unused drivers, as I am used to doing on i386?)
2. What can I put in my NVRAM settings to make the system boot to
FreeBSD? As it is, I have auto-boot?=false, and when
the OF prompt comes up, I type "boot hd:loader hd:6". hd:6 is an
HFS+ filesystem which contains just one file, "loader". This is
not too bad, but it'd be pretty cool if I could autoboot to FreeBSD.
Bonus points if there's a menu along the way that lets me select
Mac OS X, which lives on the second HDD. I played around with
things like setting boot-command=boot and boot-args="hd:loader hd:6",
but all I ever got was a boot to Mac OS X or to a blank screen.
I'll be happy to add any useful answers I receive to the wiki, if I can.
Thanks,
--
Ben Rosengart ben@narcissus.net
"Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
good-looking but not too bright. We're pretty bright now,
but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement
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