PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5)

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

Hello,

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:36:59 -0400
Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, with boot1.txt, is it possible to set the exact partition number?

boot1.txt is just the boot script, which OFW (Open Firmware) uses to load boot1.elf
boot1.elf is the real boot "loader" (if I have figured this out correctly),
so I suspect we need to look at that, and figure out how it decides which partition to boot from.
Look at /usr/src/sys/boot/powerpc/boot1.chrp/boot1.c
for the source.

>  And can ufsread.c be modified to allow such as booting from another
> partition?
> 
> Can one use ffs instead of ufs2 and have a separate boot for what tingo
> asked?

Sorry, I do not know the answers to those questions.
-- 
Torfinn