site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Shantonu On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:32 AM, Graham J Lee wrote: Hi, Cheers, _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Any Darwin 8.x BootX should be able to boot any Darwin 8.y kernel for x!=y (and x==y). because "it ought to be possible", I wanted to boot my G4 PowerMac from a filesystem built entirely with open source components from darwinsource. This works (well, it doesn't, the kernel panics straightaway. But I know how to fix that), although because I hadn't realised how to configure the secondary bootloader (read: hadn't RTFM in the bless project), initially copied /System/Library/ CoreServices/BootX from a working OS X installation. This worked, although the OS X and the Darwin were different minor versions. I've since generated a new BootX from the usr/standalone/ppc/ bootx.bootinfo on the Darwin disk. So, the question would be: how different would two Darwins have to be before the secondary bootloader on one won't bootstrap the other; or could a BootX generated from bootx.bootinfo on *any* Darwin boot any Darwin (or even any old mach_o-shaped kernel with the correct jumping-on point)? Graham. -- Graham Lee UNIX Systems Manager, Oxford Physics Practical Course http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1342 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/ssen% 40opendarwin.org This email sent to ssen@opendarwin.org This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com