Re: Q: double Boot for SMP 7300
On 2 Mar, this message from Benjamin Herrenschmidt echoed through cyberspace:
>>Use nvsetenv:
>>
>>[mlan@piglet ~]$ rpm -qf `which nvsetenv`
>>pmac-utils-1.1.1-1b
>>
>>-- on my LinuxPPC box.
>>
>>nvsetenv boot-device "/AAPL,ROM"
>>
>>and on next reboot you go into MacOS. From MacOS, use your existing
>>tools (if any) or bootvars to reset boot-device and boot-file back to
>>what you need for Linux.
>
> No, Michel, miBoot is loaded by the MacOS ROM, so changing boot-device
> won't help, you have to tweak the MacOS boot-device info which is a
> different thing (and pretty screwed).
Ah, miBoot. I never experimented with that one. I stand corrected, then
;-)
Michel
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