Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:12:32 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1-release on PowerBook G4 - is firewire disks supported? Message-ID: <999A180A-F994-41E9-B4B4-96ACC11EC352@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20101010012922.f65dbcf5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20101010012922.f65dbcf5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Oct 9, 2010, at 7:29 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hello, >=20 > Are firewire drives supported in FreeBSD 8.1-release on powerpc? >=20 > I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.1-release on a PowerBook G4[1] I = have. > The internal disk drive contains OS X, and will continue that way. So = I > am trying to install FreeBSD on an external drive I have, a Maxtor > firewire drive. This drive shows up both in OS X and in Open = Firmware, > but after booting the FreeBSD install image (disc1), it is nowhere to > be seen. > - there are no nodes in /dev for it (I used echo /dev/* to verify) > - camcontrol devlist -v lists only the memory stick I am booting from > - camcontrol rescan all doesn't change anything I recently ran into the same problem. Firewire support is built in to = the kernel but not, I discovered, the sbp device support. So, to get = FireWire drives to show up, you need to "load sbp" from the FreeBSD boot = loader. The easiest way to do this is to press space when you get the = countdown to booting the kernel from the FreeBSD boot loader. This will = drop you into the FreeBSD boot loader prompt. Then, type "load sbp" = followed by "boot" to boot FreeBSD. The booted system will then = recognise your external FireWire drive as a daX device. Cheers, Paul.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?999A180A-F994-41E9-B4B4-96ACC11EC352>