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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:09:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com>
To:        Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions
Message-ID:  <844840.50871.qm@web110109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <i2tfd9cd3451004151039i8a668f7nd656e98b25343380@mail.gmail.com>

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Thanks for replying.

It fails with: hd:4=20
"DEFAULT CATCH! , code=3D900 at %SRR0: ff818d70 %srr1: 0000b030"
With hd:3 instead of hd:4- which was the above- I get
"load-size=3D39d38 adlet3215f11727

Loading ELF

CLAIM failed"

I'll check out the link that you gave me.

Thanks and all.


--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> wrote:

From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
Subject: Re: Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions
To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Richard DeLaurell" <richard.delaurell@gmail.com>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.=
org
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:39 PM

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> wr=
ote:

The suggestion didn't work; but, thanks for replying.

boot hd:3,\\:tbxi DISK-LABEL: LOAD (noninterposed) not supportedload-size=
=3D0 adler32=3D1

LOAD-SIZE is too small

ok

0 >





--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com> wrote:



From: Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions

To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit@yahoo.com>

Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:00 PM



I am working from memory here, but I believe your boot command should look =
something like this:



boot hd:#,\\:tbxi



# is (I believe) the disk partition you're booting from; that should be the=
 location of your tbxi file.





This would be if you placed the tbxi file in the base directory on the #th =
partition of your 1st hard drive.



As I say, this is from memory since my G3 died quite a while ago.



I am sorry if this is not helpful.





Good luck--



Richard DeLaurell



On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> wr=
ote:





I've been able to install 8.0 powerpc to a G3 with 384M RAM.



Apologies beforehand, there are a few questions.



What is the open firmware command for booting?



Mac-boot repeats a bad partition error.



Should I have created a /boot partition?



Currently, only a base system is installed.







Will it be better to use an older release?







If you need the system stats, I can post them. It will have to be done thro=
ugh a Linux dmesg output.

You may need to boot through the CD. =A0I don't know if the 8.0 installer i=
nstalls a bootstrap partition, so try something like:

boot cd:,\boot\loader hd:3
This will use the boot CD's loader, and boot to hd:3 (/dev/ad0s3) as the ro=
ot.
You may also want to look at=A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc, which has a=
 link to a new install guide for ppc.

- Justin
=0A=0A=0A      



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