From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 15:44:37 2010 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 7E8D610656A9 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:44:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu (lennier.cc.vt.edu [198.82.162.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350978FC25 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:44:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from steiner.cc.vt.edu (steiner.cc.vt.edu [198.82.163.51]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o91Fi2kG029584 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:44:06 -0400 Received: from auth3.smtp.vt.edu (EHLO auth3.smtp.vt.edu) ([198.82.161.152]) by steiner.cc.vt.edu (MOS 4.1.8-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id LBJ08288; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:44:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gromit.tower.lib.vt.edu (gromit.tower.lib.vt.edu [128.173.51.22]) (authenticated bits=0) by auth3.smtp.vt.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o91Fi5mp011048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:44:05 -0400 From: Paul Mather Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:44:05 -0400 Message-Id: <40D5CC15-8828-4CFD-AE13-2211B9742AE2@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu 5 none X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=steiner.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020202.4CA601C6.005A,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2009-09-22 00:05:22, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Subject: Booting FreeBSD/powerpc from external FireWire drive? 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, 01 Oct 2010 15:44:37 -0000 I'm trying to install FreeBSD/powerpc{,64} on an external FireWire = drive. I've been successful in installing a 9-CURRENT snapshot. The = problem is that I don't know how to boot from this drive from = OpenFirmware, given I also have Mac OS X installed on a separate hard = drive---the internal hard drive that is the default boot drive. Using a PowerBook G4, I was able to boot the external FW drive = containing FreeBSD by holding down the Option key during startup and = then choosing the FreeBSD drive from the list of bootable drives that is = displayed. Unfortunately, I want to use this external FW drive to boot = into FreeBSD on an headless Xserve G5 via a serial console. Lacking the = graphical boot drive chooser, I need to use the OpenFirmware "boot" = command or set the boot-device in NVRAM to designate the external FW = drive as the boot drive. Can anyone help me figure out the appropriate OpenFirmware command to = boot FreeBSD from the external FW drive? The "devalias" command reports = I have "fw" and "fwx" aliases, which I presume refer to FireWire. Alas, = I can't fathom what the boot command arguments would be. I followed the = gpart partitioning scheme listed in the FreeBSD/powerpc install = instructions at http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt = with an 800K apple-boot partition as the first one in the APM. If it would make it easier, the external FW drive I have can also be = used as a USB drive. So, if it is easier to boot from an external USB, = I could do that, if someone can tell me the appropriate boot arguments. Cheers, Paul.=