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

To: edd.robbins@gmail.com, Ben Westover <kwestover.kw@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why it's so difficult to fix PowerMac booting for good
From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:52:18 +0200
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On Tue, 2024-10-01 at 23:38 +0100, Ed Robbins wrote:
> I just tried this, and blessed the file with:
> 
> hmount /dev/sda2
> hattrib -c UNIX -t tbxi :System:Library:CoreServices:BootX
> humount
> 
> But I see no difference upon rebooting the machine. Am I missing something?

You actually did not bless the bootloader folder. From the grub-installer script [1]:

# hattrib -c UNIX -t tbxi :System:Library:CoreServices:BootX
# hattrib -b :System:Library:CoreServices

Adrian

> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/-/blob/master/grub-installer?ref_type=heads#L1061

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