Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:33:59 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5) Message-ID: <4D7E7BB7.7020002@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <AANLkTi=6ma_3o9wvoOH92LPk7j1FUa7y=KpsmtAymmGg@mail.gmail.com> <20110114221406.34969090.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D31582F.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <20110115190637.7ac32abe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <AANLkTimBYrU=2=z%2BjscSmcSFO0mF3OGgkc2CU4EcVpcy@mail.gmail.com> <20110122200810.2386cbef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110313221425.a8d3361f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4200D52B-ED04-4F6A-BA2A-EAD7DF3EBF37@gmail.com> <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On 03/14/11 15:28, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:48:24 -0400 > Justin Hibbits<chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Don't quote me on it, but you might be able to use forth scripts on >> the 'primary' FreeBSD install's root to do what you're asking, >> possibly modifying one of the scripts in ...sys/boot/forth. > Aha, so there isn't a simple boot manager available (like 'boot0' for i386)? > I would like this to be as painless as possible, once set up. There is the OF menu (hold down option), but the FreeBSD boot block is currently hard-coded to boot from the first UFS partition on the disk it is on, so this only works for multi-disk setups or multi-booting into Linux and OS X. -Nathan
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