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Date:      Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:33:13 -0700
From:      Gary <gdriggs@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD/powerpc from external FireWire drive?
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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Paul Mather wrote:

> It works when booting from the graphical boot chooser (obtained by holding down
> the Option key during boot), but I couldn't figure out a way to boot from an external
> FireWire drive from the OpenFirmware prompt (Cmd-Opt-O-F startup).

Presumably you have it temporarily connected to a monitor in order to
learn that holding Option lets you boot from the external drive. In
that case, have you tried booting in to OS X and choosing that drive
from the "Startup Disk" system preferences?

-Gary



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