On Tue, Nov 16, 1999, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >really i want a bootloader that has the same capability as LILO, >multiple images all in the standard locations on ext2fs. password >protection like LILO has would be helpful too... (yes i know not has >good as on x86 because of lack of BIOS security) > >it is possible to do as darwin reads its kernel from UFS for which >there is no OF support for.
I'm working on it. Actually, reading raw blocks seems to work just fine with recent OFs when you pass the correct device name (with :0). I've gathered all the OF bootloaders code I could find here or there (including useful tricks used in Darwin's one) and am working on putting together a bootloader that does all we want and more for newworld machines. Then, I'll look into eventually back-porting it to oldworld (but this would require Apple's OF patches which have a separate licence). For now, the bootloader will have to be on a small HFS partition with along it's setup file (it's easier that way and even if the kernel's HFS support is broken, the HFS utils still work). The features I want (please tell me if you want more) are: - hfs, hfs+, iso and ext2 support for loading the kernel and an eventual install ramdisk from hard disk and CDs. - can be used to make bootable CDs (newworld only) - graphical (hum... later...) - can be used to boot back to MacOS too
