From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 23:22:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AAA106564A for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:22:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E4E8FC12 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws9 with SMTP id 9so1816053vws.13 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:22:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=j6ZtIxBSDMKjBOpwN+xz9fHNdzsW59nUGy52p7wYP8U=; b=m7REgecaLQsFTtJrO8YsUCP5/NeMtlzEdEEzp0xh+wJY6bxclNVtx45+94evLA1FJN fMcY1xEyN4SlGEKdtGbyRPxQpQGGeIfsVpNJl/rl6eyDj0tRjhTguEAJ9+zEedHGY9wt v8n4w8oWZeDbLJ4XES8cZCEAGcTEdy7y64SkA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=lEsnjLCiODwMsUqDLgt/qx45G7T+5TNk9ww/sf8Yef6oLd5Ekh6hInFe2ryuoyeQsZ x7LTpaZHUdnJsRFpdvFDVub0G+H3+sWutOJ76NB1cR8q4a3zhJ+ehTA6S6NVjrIVDAvt T4w1gOLrdZleQtrVPA0NeNgsNvPDDgMSupBHA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.188.74 with SMTP id cz10mr1109796vcb.71.1295220125078; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:22:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.187.7 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:22:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110116234832.100f1617.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110116234832.100f1617.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:22:04 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerBook G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:22:07 -0000 http://miwi.bsdcrew.de/2009/06/freebsd-80-install-with-a-usb-stick/ It may work. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen < torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > FYI, I just tried booting the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image (disc1) on a > PowerBook G4[1]. This PowerBook has a broken optical drive, so I just > dd'ed the image onto a usb memory stick, and booted that from Open > Firmware. > (Would it be possible to add an Apple boot partition to a usb memory > stick so it could boot from the boot menu (option / alt key) on a Mac?) > The image did work, I got to the main menu, and could select Fixit, but > when I tried "livefs from usb", the installer claimed that there were no > USB devices available. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this > machine. > > > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4 > 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4_freebsd > -- > Torfinn > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >