Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:50:17 -0800 From: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Usb image does not boot Message-ID: <50FC9ED9.4080003@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOu-efJwyFRjX1UMjTuTG3a5swMVxL7YmTiLo=CzKyF_Mw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOu-efJwyFRjX1UMjTuTG3a5swMVxL7YmTiLo=CzKyF_Mw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/20/13 16:39, Super Bisquit wrote: > I've used the forth prompt to set the boot device for usb@18/disk@1. > Maybe the usb disk needs to be set up the same way a normal disk does > with an HFS boot partition followed by the UFS partition. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Don't use boot-device (it's too fast, or the OF console isn't loaded or something), just type 'boot /pci@f2000000/usb@18/disk@1:,\ppc\boot1.elf' I think that path to the boot1 file is correct, correct me if I'm wrong. Another thing to try is 'dir /pci@f2000000/usb@18/disk@1:,\' that should list the contents of the usb drive. This could also be related to the fact some mac laptops will not properly sync their nvram after changes are made in OF. In that case it would ignore the new boot-device. Matt
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