Subject: Poof -- Prisoner of OpenFirmware bootloader for imacs
From: Shawn A. Wilson (YzfRacer@erie.net)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 22:47:13 MDT
http://www.ping.de/sites/zagadka/poof/
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that pages tells all but theres one thing ive ran into tonight.
when using the NVTOOL you type out your boot-file variable dont forget to add
comma thingys and i left the = sign out too - like so
/sbin/nvtool setenv boot-file 'boot hd:6,vmlinux root=/dev/hda7
video=atyfb:vmode:17'
that is the CORRECT way that i used on my imac from the command line using the
vntool.
you "have" to have a HFS partition for this to work
i have an /exchange drive that doesnt even serve its name. i use it for back
up, but its hfs so i used it to put poof, and a copy of vmlinux on to it.
so.
boot hd:6,vmlinux - is the partition number of my /exchange (hfs) partition and
vmlinux is located on /exchange
root=/dev/hda7 - is your file system or root partition.
video=atyfb:vmode:17 - are my boot args for my video card.
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now the wrong or didnt work for me way) I hope this doesnt lose anyone. i
figure if you know what happens you'll know to look for it. if you use this
(as whats in the page):
/sbin/nvtool setenv boot-file=boot hd:6, etc....
and do a /sbin/nvtool printenv
you will see this (most likely at the bottom):
boot-file=boot=hd:6,vmlinux etc...
(it throws a = sign between the boot and hd:6)
i hope i didnt confuse anyone heh
and i hope i saved a little time in working with it.
if i knew the creators e-mail id let him know but i ddint see an e-mail on his
page?
Thanks,
-Shawn
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