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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:43:25 -0700
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to boot FBSD on g3 B&W
Message-ID:  <45411DED.6030408@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061026080310.GA9664@x12.dk>
References:  <20061024204307.GA76412@x12.dk> <453EB55D.10008@freebsd.org>	<20061025093147.GB88213@x12.dk> <20061025094129.GC88213@x12.dk>	<20061025202431.GB98926@x12.dk> <453FD1C5.3050802@freebsd.org> <20061026080310.GA9664@x12.dk>

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Hi Soeren,

>> Yep, it's not supported. I used an Intel fxp in one of the PCI slots: 
>>works fine.
>
> Would any PC PCI nic work? That is supported by FreeBSD i386.

  Not necessarily, since they may not have had the required changes to 
support big-endian. Any PCI NIC that works on sparc64 will work on ppc.

> Hmm after a short look at those files, it looks like they haven't been
> changed between 200608 and 200610.
> Where does the boot sector for the iso live?

  On Macs there isn't really a boot sector. CDs are created in hybrid 
HFS/ISO9660 format to allow the 'C' autoboot, but you can manually boot 
a stock iso9660 disk from the ofw prompt.

> Has the way the install cds are created changed?

  Shouldn't have, though Marcel built the last two snapshots. I 
successfully 'C'-booted the most recent one on a powerbook though I 
haven't tried on any other systems.

later,

Peter.



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