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From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 17 14:39:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB1716A4FA for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:39:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jenny@bnssc.com) Received: from smtp.xspedius.net (smtp1.xspedius.net [207.191.70.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B8243D49 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:39:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jenny@bnssc.com) Received: from bnssc.com (unknown [207.191.5.118]) by smtp.xspedius.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F5DE33C086 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:33:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:39:40 -0600 Mime-version: 1.0 From: To: Freebsd-ppc Message-Id: <717939.OCHQPQAT@bnssc.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Fwd: Poster Promotion] 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: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:39:42 -0000 they're having this promotion where you can get an 18 x 24 poster printed f= rom your own files at zero cost and you don't pay for shipping either=2E the= se are THE poster guys=2E you can get 50 color 18 x 24 posters for like $175=2E thought you might be i= nterested :) its at http://www=2Exeikonprints=2Ecom -Jenny From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 19 06:51:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32A416A4DA for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from morganbeat@msn.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0CB43D5C for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:51:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from morganbeat@msn.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.224.73]) by bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:51:56 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:51:56 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 58.64.120.152 by BAY105-DAV1.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:51:53 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [58.64.120.152] X-Originating-Email: [morganbeat@msn.com] X-Sender: morganbeat@msn.com From: "Chanond Yuangket" To: Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:51:56 +0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jul 2006 06:51:56.0876 (UTC) FILETIME=[D38578C0:01C6AAFF] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-874" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Help me for install on Mac mini 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: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:51:59 -0000 Hi Developer I use macmini G4 1.25 Ghz and download freebsd6 ppc version. My problem = is can't install On "sysinstall Main menu" I select Standard.Program not show "FDISK Partition Editor"It show = "FreeBSD Disklabel Editor" And program found ad0s1 ad0s2 ad0s3 I choose ad0s3.by select A=3DAuto Default. and select Q=3DFinish error appear Unable to mount the root file system on /dev/ados3 Giving up Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting Please help me Thankyou Chanond Yuangket From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 21 21:02:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ppc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478C316A4E0 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6C843D5D for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:02:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from [192.168.5.252] (dhcp52.wlan.xcllnt.net [192.168.5.252]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6LL2MKD004493 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:02:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <709598C1-D05C-42D0-96D4-EC8E076E5BE3@xcllnt.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: ppc@FreeBSD.org From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:02:20 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: Subject: Setting up a bootable disk from scratch 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: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:02:23 -0000 All, I'm trying to setup my iMac for FreeBSD. I replaced the MacOS X disk with an empty disk to preserve my Mac OS X for now. So, what I have currently is a netbooting FreeBSD machine, with / over NFS and an empty ATA disk. See for an almost up-to-date dmesg output and a pciconf output: http://www.xcllnt.net/~marcel/machines/imac/ My first step was to get a Mac partition table on the disk. I ended up hacking parted to compile on FreeBSD, with hardcoded values for the ATA disk in my iMac. With parted I put an empty partition table on the disk. It's seen by the kernel: imac% sysctl -b kern.geom.conftxt 0 DISK ad0 9115288064 512 hd 16 sc 63 1 APPLE ad0s2 9115254784 512 i 1 o 32768 ty Apple_Free sn Extra 1 APPLE ad0s1 32256 512 i 0 o 512 ty Apple_partition_map sn Apple What I want to do is add one or more FreeBSD partitions, of which one is formatted in such a way that I can use it to boot. I read that OpenFirmware boots from HFS and CD9660 filesystems, so I'm thinking of creating an CD9660 partition with boot related stuff, a regular UFS2 partition for / and a swap partition. I tried using sysinstall, but that wasn't fruitful. It sees the free partition, but doesn't seem to create more partitions or even sub-partitions (i.e. BSD label) under the free-partition. My questions: 1. Am I getting lost in the woods and am I better off abandoning this venture in favor of established methods? 2. Is sysinstall broken WRT to partitioning currently or is it supposed to work? 3. Am I correct when I say that all I need is an image of /boot on some OFW recognized partition in order to make the machine boot FreeBSD? Thanks in advance, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 21 21:29:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B24C16A4DD for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from dommail.onthenet.com.au (dommail.OntheNet.com.au [203.13.70.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13B743D46 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:29:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.33.24.110] (nat-198-95-226-228.netapp.com [198.95.226.228]) by dommail.onthenet.com.au (MOS 3.5.7-GR) with ESMTP id BZA78259 (AUTH peterg@ptree32.com.au); Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:28:59 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <44C14743.7030202@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:29:39 -0700 From: Peter Grehan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20051014 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Moolenaar References: <709598C1-D05C-42D0-96D4-EC8E076E5BE3@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <709598C1-D05C-42D0-96D4-EC8E076E5BE3@xcllnt.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a bootable disk from scratch 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: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:29:06 -0000 Hi Marcel, > My first step was to get a Mac partition table on the disk. I > ended up hacking parted to compile on FreeBSD, with hardcoded > values for the ATA disk in my iMac. With parted I put an empty > partition table on the disk. It's seen by the kernel: Daring :) > What I want to do is add one or more FreeBSD partitions, of which > one is formatted in such a way that I can use it to boot. I read > that OpenFirmware boots from HFS and CD9660 filesystems, so I'm > thinking of creating an CD9660 partition with boot related stuff, > a regular UFS2 partition for / and a swap partition. That might work: I vaguely recall Matt Thomas used cd9660 inside a partition to boot NetBSD on an xserve and avoid HFS. > I tried using sysinstall, but that wasn't fruitful. It sees the > free partition, but doesn't seem to create more partitions or > even sub-partitions (i.e. BSD label) under the free-partition. Yeh, sysinstall for ppc assumes that partitions were pre-created. > My questions: > 1. Am I getting lost in the woods and am I better off abandoning > this venture in favor of established methods? No, you're almost there. > 2. Is sysinstall broken WRT to partitioning currently or is it > supposed to work? As above, broken. > 3. Am I correct when I say that all I need is an image of /boot > on some OFW recognized partition in order to make the machine > boot FreeBSD? Almost: the loader itself doesn't understand HFS, so you generally point it at the partition that you want to boot from, and it will update currdev and read the relevant parts of /boot from there. e.g. if your UFS2 / is on partition 7, and the loader is on partition 2, you would issue: boot hd:2,\loader hd:7 If you had cd9660 on a disk partition it could read loader.conf and friends from there, though I've never tried it. Works fine on a cdrom though. later, Peter.