16 January 2023
The alias hd
selects the internal drive of your computer.
Booting the system folder on an internal drive:
boot hd:,\\:tbxi
Booting from a file on an internal drive:
boot hd:\bootscript
Booting from a file on a specific partition with an internal drive:
boot hd:2,bootscript
When booting from an external drive you need to determine what the device id is for the device you're trying to use. You can explore the device tree within Open Firmware by running the devalias
command. The examples below are using the device id of a USB device.
Booting the system folder on an external drive:
boot usb0/disk:2,\\:tbxi
Booting from a file on an external drive:
boot usb0/disk:2,\bootscript
After booting into Open Firmware, entering multi-boot
will take you to the boot selector which is otherwise accessible by holding the option/alt key while booting.
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