Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:13:49 -0700 From: "K. Bradford" <int.0x0080@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Powerpc port Message-ID: <c08615500803201813n61c23c3xea1ce293c3587381@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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