From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:29:00 +0100 From: Olaf Hering To: Martin Costabel Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: write into OF tree like nvsetenv Message-ID: <20000109142900.A17353@suse.de> Reply-To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org References: <20000108171526.B8126@suse.de> <38785B2C.7807E8FD@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <38785B2C.7807E8FD@wanadoo.fr> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Sun, Jan 09, Martin Costabel wrote: > > I am somewhat surprised that nobody mentions the "Christmas Present" > boot script by BenH > (http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-dev/199912/msg00191.html). > I installed this on several iMac DVs, and it works great. Now you don't > have to fiddle with OF any more, and if you put a timeout into > yaboot.conf, booting into Linux is completely automatic. Yes, this script is just great. > You only have to enter OF once, type > setenv boot-device hd:10,yabootloader.script I want exactly this automatic. This works fine on the current IDE Macs, but with a B&W Scsi Mac a "typical" User has lost. The path on my Mac is something like /pci/pci-bridge/ADPT,2940U2B/@6:7,blah Too complex. Gruss Olaf -- $ man 1 current_release BUGS Users never read manuals... ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/