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Re: Why it's so difficult to fix PowerMac booting for good

Hello,
It turns out that adding &device; alone is not enough since it refers to only the drive and not the partition along with it. &device;:&partition; is what was actually needed. Fixed script is attached. 

--
Ben Westover

<CHRP-BOOT>
<COMPATIBLE>
MacRISC MacRISC3 MacRISC4
</COMPATIBLE>
<DESCRIPTION>
PowerPC GNU/Linux First Stage Bootstrap
</DESCRIPTION>
<BOOT-SCRIPT>
: .printf fb8-write drop ;
: bootgrub " Loading GRUB..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " &device;:&partition;,\grub" $boot ;
: bootmacosx " Booting Mac OS X..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " &device;:3,\\:tbxi" $boot ;
: bootcd " Booting CDROM..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " cd:,\\:tbxi" $boot ;
" screen" output
variable interactive
1 interactive !

0 interactive @ = if
  bootgrub
then

dev screen
" "(0000000000aa00aa0000aaaaaa0000aa00aaaa5500aaaaaa)" drop 0 7 set-colors
" "(5555555555ff55ff5555ffffff5555ff55ffffff55ffffff)" drop 8 15 set-colors
device-end
f to foreground-color
0 to background-color
" "(0C)" .printf

" First Stage Debian GNU/Linux Bootstrap"(0d 0a)" .printf
"  "(0d 0a)" .printf
" Press l for GNU/Linux,"(0d 0a)" .printf
"       x for Mac OS X,"(0d 0a)" .printf
"       c for CDROM."(0d 0a)" .printf
"  "(0d 0a)" .printf
" Stage 1 Boot: " .printf
get-msecs d# 10 3E8 * +
begin
  key? if
    key case
      ascii l of " l "(0d 0a)" .printf bootgrub endof
      ascii x of " x "(0d 0a)" .printf bootmacosx endof
      ascii c of " c "(0d 0a)" .printf bootcd endof
    endcase
  then
  dup get-msecs &lt;
until
drop
"  "(0d 0a)" .printf bootgrub
</BOOT-SCRIPT>
<OS-BADGE-ICONS>
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</OS-BADGE-ICONS>
</CHRP-BOOT>

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