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diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep index 9cf7d61566e..696b78d745d 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep @@ -81,6 +81,33 @@ booting. Typically the machine will then attempt to load Mac OS, if available. +Autobooting OpenBSD/MACHINE + +It is possible to automatically boot into OpenBSD (selectably into MacOS) +by setting up the following: + +setenv auto-boot? true +setenv boot-device hd:,ofwboot + +[to save the results into nvram] +reset-all + +These settings assume that the master of the first IDE bus has OpenBSD +installed on it, either in MBR format or in shared mode with ofwboot +copied into the first HFS(+) partition. It is not necessary to specify +'/bsd' on the boot line or in the boot-device variable, since it is the +default. + +To boot in MacOS with this setup (works on most supported machines) +press and hold down the Alt/Option key during reboot, and select which +(MacOS/MacOS X) partition to boot in the graphical boot selector +presentes. Note that OpenBSD does not currently show up in this boot +selector except for the installation CD. This works on most machines +this has been tested with, but does not work on a Rev C (333MHz) iMac, +perhaps this feature was added to the Openfirmware ROM after that +machine. + + Sharing a disk with MacOS: OpenBSD/MACHINE is capable of booting either from a dedicated disk using |