Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:44:07 +0200 From: Dario Freni <saturnero@freesbie.org> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-ppc on an external hdd (Mac Mini) Message-ID: <20050701204406.GA89744@cvs.freesbie.org> In-Reply-To: <aba9cfad.14ba41c9.819d300@dommail.onthenet.com.au> References: <aba9cfad.14ba41c9.819d300@dommail.onthenet.com.au>
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--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 08:03:49AM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: > >Hi guys, I've just installed FreeBSD on an external hard drive. You > >know, I was too lazy to reformat everything, so I recycled an old 6Gig > >harddrive thanks to an external box. You can find a mini-guide at: > > > >http://tinyurl.com/b7s8u >=20 > Great work Dario ! I'm looking forward to the FreeSBIE/ppc live CD :) Just made the first boot :) A small report: - previously, we used to add 32Mb to the mfsroot size normally required. Apparently OpenFirmware didn't like this. Here is the loader output: Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel data=3D0x34a094+0x52208 syms=3D[0x4+0x49672] / [rotating some seconds] Invalid memory access at %SRR0: 01c18620 %SRR1: 00083030 Then the OpenFirmware prompt again. Resolved by removing the exceeding 32Mb. - usually we extensively use md memory fs union-mounted on compressed fs for /usr, /var and /root. Keeping this behaviour atm results on an instantaneous reboot apparently on the "Creating/trimming log files" phase during the init. I'm not sure about this because, as I said, the reboot is fast, no panic and no freeze. I temporarily resolved removing the unionfs, but I really want to make this work. Are there still problems with unionfs on recent -currents?=20 --=20 Dario Freni (saturnero@freesbie.org) FreeSBIE developer (http://www.freesbie.org) GPG Public key at http://www.saturnero.net/saturnero.asc --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCxasWymi72IiShysRAriBAJ9mKvTqOZezyhsOPBAOIEskBujexwCfb+qt u9BSiWe+WWUHpzON/5fhxZk= =GDq5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--
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