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List:       freebsd-ppc
Subject:    Re: How was the boot1.hfs file created?
From:       Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2010-10-14 13:54:38
Message-ID: 4CB70B9E.5010505 () freebsd ! org
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On 10/14/10 06:43, Super Bisquit wrote:
> I'd like to try the same for booting NetBSD and OpenBSD.
> I've mounted the file and see that there is a ppc folder. Contained in the
> file is the bootloader and a text info file.
> I'm assuming the same can be done with Net/Open BSD using ofwboot.elf and
> ofwboot.xcf.
> The working system is linux:
> I've used dd to create the 800(819)k image and have tried formatting using
> hformat.
> Now, I have a laptop with FreeBSD x86 on it and I can reinstall FreeBSD-ppc
> on this- G4 Powermac- machine and create the boot volume here.
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boot1.hfs is created using some hfstools (hformat and friends). You can 
see how it's done at /sys/boot/powerpc/boot1.chrp
-Nathan
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