Subject: Re: Booting new laptops (Was Re: OF boot string (Re: 1.5.1_BETA2 on iBook2))
To: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
From: Edouard G. Parmelan <egp@free.fr>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/06/2001 19:20:06
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:48:27PM -0400, Nathan J. Williams wrote:

> Michael Wolfson <mw@blobulent.com> writes:
> 
> > Try n >= 10.  Like the instructions say, MacOS drivers often take up to the
> > first 8 partitions.  That's why some examples explicitly list 10 and 12,
> > just as a reminder.
> 
> Okay. I've now tried up to 39 with no success in that syntax. What
> does "partition" mean in this context, anyway? Is it the same thing
> that I created when I used Drive Setup to repartition my disk for
> MacOS and NetBSD, or something else?
> 
> Also, I still believe that 0 is correct. Booting with
> "hd:,ofwboot.xcf blah" produces:
> 
> "open /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@@1f00/disk@0:0/blah: Inappropriate..."

Try with ofwboot.elf, it works for me (load and boot the kernel)

    boot hd:,ofwboot.elf boot.fs
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Edouard G. Parmelan
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