(To misc@ readers, this reply includes an earlier reply from me that inadvertently wasn't copied to the list).
Allan Streib <astr...@indiana.edu> writes: > multifred <open...@2al.ch> writes: > >> To boot OpenBSD you have to use the internal SATA or ATA devices. > > Thanks, I will try that. Was about to report that a 6.7 snapshot (with > bootx64 3.50) also didn't work (at least when booting from USB flash > drive). Yes, using the install67.iso worked. Thanks again! I wasn't on a network; the built-in wifi was not recognized, but the install went normally otherwise. I'll plug in an ethernet cable later and try running the fw_update. >> EFI-Booting (32-bit on my setup) works fine. To speed up boot time >> after the installation of OpenBSD, use the Mac-proprietary bless(1) >> command [2] once (by booting some MacOS or MacOS installation >> medium). It writes your preferred boot volume into NV-RAM, thus skips >> the boot volume search (grey boot screen after turning the machine on) >> and continues booting OpenBSD immediately. > > Is bless required even if there is only one bootable volume? I don't > have any need for MacOS on this machine. As you indicated, there's a delay (perhaps 30 seconds), but with only OpenBSD on the disk it does eventually boot up on its own without being "blessed." I can live with that. Allan
