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

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:20:26AM -0700, Grant Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 
Please remember that this whole thread is about oldworld Macs.  I understand
the need for a 800K partition for yaboot, but only on new-worlds.

Mike