Subject: Re: upgrading bootblocks
To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/10/2004 13:21:07
Hello,

> i'd like to upgrade from 1.7 to 1.10
> 
> 1.10 lives in /usr/mdec, but which one of the three do i use?
> 
> ofwboot, ofwboot.elf, or ofwboot.xcf?
> 
> how do i get it installed?  installboot?

ofwboot is the one you want if you boot scsi-int/sd@n:0, ofwboot.xcf is what you use if you want to load the loader from a filesystem ( like boot hd:,\ofwboot.xcf which would load ofwboot.xcf from the first available filesystem understood by OF3 )

to install the boot code use installboot, place ofwboot in /, then run installboot /dev/rsdnn /usr/mdec/bootxx /ofwboot
... or so, with rsdnn being the device containing your /. Check the man page :)

have fun
Michael