Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:45:19 +0000 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Initially setting up power pc Message-ID: <3F8147BF.5030606@liwing.de> In-Reply-To: <3F81438B.331EC2A5@freebsd.org> References: <3F7C08B9.6080803@liwing.de> <3F7D1D7E.11616929@freebsd.org> <3F7D1F45.7060004@liwing.de> <3F81438B.331EC2A5@freebsd.org>
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Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Jens, > > >>> To cross-compile the source tree: >>> >>> # make -DNOLIBC_R TARGET_ARCH=powerpc buildworld >>> # make -DNOLIBC_R TARGET_ARCH=powerpc buildkernel >> >>Ok, than it's build. How do I get this into the machine? > > > 'make release' doesn't work for PPC yet, so it's not really possible > to build an ISO without a lot of manual effort. > > That being said, it's all moot if the loader doesn't work. What I'd suggest > is trying to boot the FreeBSD loader from the IBM's open firmware prompt. I have no > idea how to do that, so I guess it's worth scanning Linux archives. Hm, I could start a research if setting up harddisk is definitively impossible. What I'm currently interested in is, how do I labeling the disk to get started? >>Linux/PPC runs fine, since 2000. > > OK, that should at least give you a start wrt to how to bootstrap the system. wrt? Don't understood. > later, > > Peter. Jens
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