Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 13:38:26 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: "John W. O'Brien" <john@saltant.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble booting 9-STABLE memstick on PowerBook G4 Message-ID: <4FC363B2.9090008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4FC2F359.9000207@saltant.com> References: <4FC2F359.9000207@saltant.com>
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On 05/28/12 05:39, John W. O'Brien wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello freebsd-ppc, > > I am trying to install 9-STABLE (r236164, GENERIC) on a PowerBook G4 > (model #A1010) that has a gimpy optical drive, but I cannot get the > memstick to boot. I know my way around i386 and amd64 reasonably well, > but am new to freebsd-ppc and to Open Firmware. CC me off-list with > replies, please. > Two suggestions: 1. It may show up in the graphical boot chooser that comes up if you hold down "Option" 2. dd'ing the regular CD image to a USB stick may also work It's also possible that your model of powerbook can't boot from USB. It should, however, be able to boot from firewire -- in particular, if you have a second powerbook/ibook/macbook you should be able to boot from the other machine's optical drive if it is in target mode. -Nathan
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