Trouble using refind in QEMU booting MacOSX install disk
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I've managed to get rEFInd to bootup in QEMU but it doesn't show the Mac OSX install disk.
When I goto the shell I can change to fs1: and see the "windows" files that are typically shown on the Mac OSX disk (iso9660?). I'm not too familiar with EFI commands and finding relevant and up to date info is hard. What EFI commands would I use to disconnect the iso9660 partition on the DVD-ROM and connect the hfs driver. Using the "drivers" command I do see that the hfs driver is loaded properly.
I found some good command details at http://uefi.org/system/files/UEFI_Shell_Spec_2_0_Errata_A.pdf
But still not helpful, "connect ## ##" works but nothing happens. After I "map -r" it still is only showing the iso9660 partition on the DVD.
Chances are you'll need to create a custom "firmware" for QEMU to get it to work the way you want. The problem is that if the firmware includes its own ISO-9660 driver (as the QEMU firmware does, IIRC), it will access the optical device and refuse to release it, making it impossible to access it via HFS+. VirtualBox includes both HFS+ and ISO-9660 drivers for this reason (to enable installs of OS X) -- although even that's pretty tricky, from what I understand. You might have better luck following Hackintosh boot and installation procedures.
(Note that installing OS X on anything but Apple hardware is of dubious legality in many nations, so you should try this only when running QEMU or VirtualBox on a Mac.)