Re: Call for info: slave drives bootable from OpenFirmware (OldWorl d)

[Grant Miller <grant@unixguru.org>]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 10:52:10AM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 07:47:40AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote:
> > > 
> > > Yes, sorry for not being clear, I did mean the first _bootable_
> > > partition.
> > 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:42:43PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > hmm, can more then on partition be marked bootable on mac tables?
> > 
> > i am not sure how to unmark a partition as bootable. 
> > 
> 
> Uhmm, how do you _set_ the bootable flag?  In potato, there is only:
> 
> h  help
> p  print partit
> P  partits by base address
> i  init new part map
> s  size of map
> c  create
> C  create with type
> d  delete
> r  reorder
> w  write map
> q  quit
> 
> what combination sets the bootable flag?  Or is that the creation type?
> 
> Mike
> 


I don't think there is a bootable flag setting on Macs.  What you do need is
a small (32MB) partition with the type and name set to Apple_Bootstrap.
That is what yaboot/ofboot is installed into.


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