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| Source at commit 335 created 13 years 9 months ago. By azimutz, Ok, this were the fun stops :) - two keys to do the same thing, two keys to remember... thought it was a good idea to merge the best of the two, the educational side of arch=i386 + the practical one of -x32. And while i'm at it, why not make it even more practical!? Typing just 32 to get i386 arch. - -legacy kernel flag was not being passed on 10.6.x; the reason why is on the kernel code, Legacy mode is only available when i386 arch is specified (makes sense). So, while testing Meklort's kernel patcher, i felt the need to add the key. -legacy flag, sets i386 arch on the booter side & Legacy mode on the kernel side. - and how do we override the last two if they are flagged on Boot.plist? Typing just 64 to get x86_64 arch. - changed the code so x86_64 arch becomes default, seems more natural. And also added these flags to BootHelp.txt | |
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| 1 | The boot: prompt waits for you to type advanced startup options.␊ |
| 2 | If you don't type anything, the computer continues starting up normally. It␊ |
| 3 | uses the kernel and configuration files on the startup device, which it also␊ |
| 4 | uses as the root device. ␊ |
| 5 | ␊ |
| 6 | Advanced startup options use the following syntax:␊ |
| 7 | ␊ |
| 8 | [device]<kernel> [arguments]␊ |
| 9 | ␊ |
| 10 | Example arguments include␊ |
| 11 | ␊ |
| 12 | device: rd=<BSD device name> (e.g. rd=disk0s2)␊ |
| 13 | rd=*<IODeviceTree path> (e.g. rd=*/PCI0@0/CHN0@0/@0:1)␊ |
| 14 | ␊ |
| 15 | kernel: kernel name (e.g. "mach_kernel" - must be in "/" )␊ |
| 16 | ␊ |
| 17 | flags: -v (verbose) -s (single user mode), ␊ |
| 18 | -x (safe mode) -F (ignore boot configuration file)␊ |
| 19 | ␊ |
| 20 | "Graphics Mode"="WIDTHxHEIGHTxDEPTH" (e.g. "1024x768x32")␊ |
| 21 | ␊ |
| 22 | kernel flags (e.g. debug=0x144)␊ |
| 23 | io=0xffffffff (defined in IOKit/IOKitDebug.h)␊ |
| 24 | ␊ |
| 25 | Example: mach_kernel rd=disk0s1 -v "Graphics Mode"="1920x1200x32"␊ |
| 26 | ␊ |
| 27 | If the computer won't start up properly, you may be able to start it up ␊ |
| 28 | using safe mode. Type -x to start up in safe mode, which ignores all ␊ |
| 29 | cached driver files.␊ |
| 30 | ␊ |
| 31 | Special booter hotkeys:␊ |
| 32 | F5 Rescans optical drive.␊ |
| 33 | F10 Scans and displays all BIOS accessible drives.␊ |
| 34 | ␊ |
| 35 | Special booter commands:␊ |
| 36 | ?memory Displays information about the computer's memory.␊ |
| 37 | ?video Displays VESA video modes supported by the computer's BIOS.␊ |
| 38 | ?norescan Leaves optical drive rescan mode.␊ |
| 39 | ␊ |
| 40 | Additional useful command-line options:␊ |
| 41 | config=<file> Use an alternate Boot.plist file.␊ |
| 42 | ␊ |
| 43 | Options useful in the com.apple.Boot.plist file:␊ |
| 44 | Wait=Yes|No Prompt for a key press before starting the kernel.␊ |
| 45 | "Quiet Boot"=Yes|No Use quiet boot mode (no messages or prompt).␊ |
| 46 | Timeout=8 Number of seconds to pause at the boot: prompt.␊ |
| 47 | "Instant Menu"=Yes Force displaying the partition selection menu. ␊ |
| 48 | ␊ |
| 49 | "Default Partition" Sets the default boot partition,␊ |
| 50 | =hd(x,y) where 'x' & 'y' are the disk and partition numbers.␊ |
| 51 | "Hide Partition" Remove unwanted partition(s) from the boot menu.␊ |
| 52 | =hd(x,y) [hd(m,n)] only non mac osx boot partitions can be hidden.␊ |
| 53 | ␊ |
| 54 | "Rename Partition" Rename partition(s) for the boot menu.␊ |
| 55 | =hd(x,y) <alias> [;hd(m,n) <alias2> ...]␊ |
| 56 | ␊ |
| 57 | GUI=No Disable the GUI (enabled by default).␊ |
| 58 | "Boot Banner"=Yes|No Show boot banner in GUI mode (enabled by default).␊ |
| 59 | "Legacy Logo"=Yes|No Use the legacy grey apple logo (disabled by default).␊ |
| 60 | ␊ |
| 61 | PciRoot=<value> Use an alternate value for PciRoot (default value 0).␊ |
| 62 | ␊ |
| 63 | GraphicsEnabler=Yes|No Automatic device-properties generation for gfx cards.␊ |
| 64 | UseAtiROM=Yes|No Use an alternate Ati ROM image ␊ |
| 65 | (path: /Extra/<vendorid>_<devid>.rom)␊ |
| 66 | UseNvidiaROM=Yes|No Use an alternate Nvidia ROM image ␊ |
| 67 | (path: /Extra/<vendorid>_<devid>.rom)␊ |
| 68 | VBIOS=Yes|No Inject VBIOS to device-properties.␊ |
| 69 | ␊ |
| 70 | EthernetBuiltIn=Yes|No Automatic "built-in"=yes device-properties generation␊ |
| 71 | for ethernet interfaces.␊ |
| 72 | ␊ |
| 73 | USBBusFix=Yes Enable the EHCI and UHCI fixes (disabled by default).␊ |
| 74 | EHCIacquire=Yes Enable the EHCI fix (disabled by default).␊ |
| 75 | UHCIreset=Yes Enable the UHCI fix (disabled by default).␊ |
| 76 | ForceHPET=Yes|No Force Enable HPET.␊ |
| 77 | ␊ |
| 78 | Wake=No Disable wake up after hibernation (default: enabled).␊ |
| 79 | ForceWake=Yes Force using the sleepimage (disabled by default).␊ |
| 80 | WakeImage=<file> Use an alternate sleepimage file. ␊ |
| 81 | (default path is /private/var/vm/sleepimage).␊ |
| 82 | ␊ |
| 83 | DropSSDT=Yes Skip the SSDT tables while relocating the ACPI tables.␊ |
| 84 | DSDT=<file> Use an alternate DSDT.aml file ␊ |
| 85 | (default path: /DSDT.aml /Extra/DSDT.aml).␊ |
| 86 | ␊ |
| 87 | SMBIOS=<file> Use an alternate smbios.plist file ␊ |
| 88 | (default path: /smbios.plist /Extra/smbios.plist␊ |
| 89 | bt(0,0)/Extra/smbios.plist).␊ |
| 90 | ␊ |
| 91 | SMBIOSdefaults=No Don't use the Default values for SMBIOS overriding␊ |
| 92 | if smbios.plist doesn't exist, factory␊ |
| 93 | values are kept.␊ |
| 94 | ␊ |
| 95 | "Scan Single Drive" Scan the drive only where the booter got loaded from.␊ |
| 96 | =Yes|No Fix rescan pbs when using a DVD reader in AHCI mode. ␊ |
| 97 | Rescan=Yes Enable CD-ROM rescan mode.␊ |
| 98 | "Rescan Prompt"=Yes Prompts for enable CD-ROM rescan mode.␊ |
| 99 | SystemId=<UUID> Set manually the system id UUID,␊ |
| 100 | SMUUID in smbios config (reserved field) isn't used.␊ |
| 101 | SystemType=<n> Set the system type where n is between 0..6␊ |
| 102 | (default =1 (Desktop)␊ |
| 103 | |
