Subject: Re: Ofwboot questions
To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
From: Tero Kaarlela <turo.kaarlela@co.inet.fi>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/19/2005 17:25:28
Michael wrote:

>Hello,
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>>    I am trying to boot OS/2 PowerPc edition on Powermac 9500/200.
>>What I would like to do is to get ofwboot to "chainload" OS/2
>>bootloader code. I have this file as an image of original PREP boot
>>partition. So is there any possibility to get ofwboot to chainload
>>this file? What I have now is NetBSD installed on HD + syssrc.
>>    
>>
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>I thought OS/2 PowerPC needs a PReP box? As far as I know the PowerMacs
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Yes it surely does but I want to get it to boot on a mac.

>can't boot from PReP boot partitions.
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Well not at least with Fw 1.0.5

>If the PReP partition is partition 0 you may be able to use boot
>scsi-int/sd@0:0 ( of course with the device path changed to whatever
>you're using ) but I wouldn't bet on it.
>
It is NOT a partition it is a file. (used dd to get it from PREP part)

Tero