From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 01:38:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C541A1065673 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from int.0x0080@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95BDE8FC18 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from int.0x0080@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so738200rvb.43 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:38:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=rSMv82o9AfeWLVmrCiADzmIzFPyvJRj7AvzJ5sOqVok=; b=GH5jzVaKyx16WIQh07fDouGtvH4b56ReHoXNTfD72Z0eE/QKLQmb+B8JBOk6TmJoJoNucZj+YDOl1XoGtskfCzGMebQRBwBmNmPvXGdpG64Be3paIGqRAkG5e0SicMTYuHEGWuKwlpwbU84agsrDlntM4hdm3c00PYnr1S9QabA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=SwNDnEteOHrWzrCE7eHNTyRg6YTWAyl3QsYFzFRyshQQCcTO+kvlcq5jKLw3SB5y9nR3DcVg5c7rGsm010QxZJ+Y6FFuskMhfyOLRo/3pIInI5kGkv4+utMN0xU3pZLGTMijYiX925HGcZgXi1k0rKPzNWafrFlPSVF6KTAfQ2g= Received: by 10.141.197.8 with SMTP id z8mr1169058rvp.285.1206062029447; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.174.15 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:13:49 -0700 From: "K. Bradford" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Powerpc port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:36 -0000 I have installed 7.0-RELEASE on an old Mac G4. I have cvs'ed the latest sources (using the RELENG_7 tag) in order to track 7.0-STABLE. The problem: I can boot only off the FreeBSD install CD, by breaking into open firmware upon bootup like this: 0 > boot mac-io/ata-3@20000/disk@1:,\boot\boot.tbxi Open firmware loads this boot loader which then automagically loads and runs the FreeBSD loader. Then, I interrupt using the space bar to get to the loader prompt and explicitly set the root device to be the hard drive partition. OK set rootdev=mac-io/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:3 (My FreeBSD root partition is 3). Kernel boots up, mounts / off the hard drive and the system runs fine. Can someone advise me how to set up everything correctly on the hard drive so I don't have to jump through all these hoops? I'm guessing boot.tbxi is needed somewhere under /boot, but I don't think open firmware can read a BSD partition anyway. Documentation on the powerpc port seems sparse. Could someone please point me in the right direction, or provide brief instructions here. As always, any help/advice is greatly appreciated.