Still trying to understand the boot process with Open Firmware...
Suppose I have a HFS partition on my ide drive, containing Mac OS and other
Mac stuff. Could I simple put ofwboot.elf on that partition?






Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov> on 04/11/99 20:13:33

To:   Jan Brands/Crypto
cc:   Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@marcy.nas.nasa.gov>
Subject:  Re: newbie question




On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Jan Brands wrote:

> >Another option would be to go with MacOS partitioning, which is
available
> >in -current and recent -release branch kernels. Then keep an hfs
partition
> >around. I think it's fine to boot the kernel right off of there.
> Does that mean that you need a small (dedicated) HFS partition to store
> your kernel on so that OF can load it?

Kinda. Once we get booting off of the ide working, you'll need a dedicated
hfs partition to hold ofwboot.elf. The latter can find the kernel on an
ffs partition.

Take care,

Bill