Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:38:08 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Arun Sharma <arun@sharma-home.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD after first boot Message-ID: <4372CEB0.30309@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4372C7A7.70203@sharma-home.net> References: <436E7EA6.7020501@sharma-home.net> <436E9342.4030103@freebsd.org> <4372C7A7.70203@sharma-home.net>
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Hi Arun, >> I guess I dual-boot all my machines and copy the file into '/' from >> the CD when in OSX. > > I was able to use hfsutils (hformat + hcopy) to achieve this. Good to hear ! > to autoboot. But I'd like to be able to control the boot loader over the > ethernet. So I used: > > <BOOT-SCRIPT> > " screen" output > " enet:telnet,192.168.x.y " io eval > boot hd:9,\loader hd:3 > </BOOT-SCRIPT> > > I was able to talk to OF over the network, but couldn't get it to boot. > I don't speak FORTH. So if someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong and > tell me the magic script that: > > a) Allows me to pick a kernel over the ethernet > b) autoboot to FreeBSD I think with the above script you are setting input *and* output to go over the telnet session - this would probably change the definition of /chosen in OpenFirmware, and FreeBSD won't locate a console if /chosen isn't a graphics head or serial port. I suppose it's possible, but it might be a large slab of Forth, which I also don't speak :( > - Why is WITNESS enabled on UP kernels? I've left all the main debug on in the GENERIC kernel until the system is rock-solid. It's been useful for picking up lock-order reversals: there may still be some there that are in paths that haven't been exercised yet. > - Does anyone have gdb working? A few people have worked on this in the past, and have sent me some patches. Yet to integrate - I can send them to you if you're interested. later, Peter.
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