bootloader installation

[Marco Trillo]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Horst Günther Burkhardt III
<horst at sxemacs.org> wrote:
> There's also a parameter in OF that allows autoboot,
> correct? (I don't intend to go back from FreeBSD if you get my drift.)

Yes. You can configure OF to autoboot FreeBSD using the loader, but I
think if you use the "boot.tbxi" file Nathan mentioned, OF will boot
it automatically if it doesn't find Mac OS.

>
> Also, as I don't any longer have OS X there, can I boot into the freebsd
> that is on the hard disk, using the cd, from OF somehow, just until I
> install the loader?

Sure. Just use "boot cd:0,\boot\loader hd:Y" where Y is the FreeBSD
partition number.

You can also install the loader from FreeBSD using "hfsutils".

>
> Another question, does the loader have to reside in the same place as
> the /boot directory? or can I leave /boot on the / UFS2 partition
> andmerely use the loader?
>

The loader resides in a HFS partition, which is not the /boot
partition. You do not need a /boot partition, you can leave /boot in
the / partition.

Hope that helps,
Marco.