From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 17:45:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED951065699 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FF28FC0A for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j71so1057803rne.12 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:45:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=00+Sx9o3mRTIjDb7y8BfWKyXSdXAZ84EJoFSMo4wRcM=; b=YvhGhcilgskn6yc5+auvSp2IaZp1wbrA+/DYhlFZGZqPBpwsT+dVGWZ5FTzzsuIqKx ELtgX3nsKMgelOv83xaiIfybvS5yjvGacBOgrXbkLFeo8lOZDdZNiIOy0pDw4lwAbrfy CV0Rm+4tHfjRg12IPgrOphMY165tHwv4XGeqk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=viy/QynzJw+fbFbeCn8hluF7sZgrcTJew3qmywhv/Lddp+Cui3CFJ2M1p0Sg1QTjjg H2bRYifUc+ABFC63PHymhV5OJMZ1HUL1iA9OfXYYLMMtM5cIwYEPblcIwj7RKFjmL9XJ qzKNiys4gKx/zOrpajH09ZgdXcBbBg2UlY5Ug= Received: by 10.142.240.9 with SMTP id n9mr2861046wfh.79.1223401500425; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.101.13 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 19:45:00 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" In-Reply-To: <1223401128.15248.184.camel@horst-tla> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla> <1223395892.15248.167.camel@horst-tla> <48EB9A89.80609@ShaneWare.Biz> <1223400513.15248.179.camel@horst-tla> <48EB9CAF.9080401@freebsd.org> <1223401128.15248.184.camel@horst-tla> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: bootloader installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:45:02 -0000 Hi, On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III wrote: > I'll be damned if I let a few glitches keep between me and my new shiny > BSD box. > > Also, any help I can provide to you is the least I can do for you guys > making and peddling such an excellent OS. > > Anyhow, after that, and using the line that works, we're back to the > FreeBSD bootstrap loader. > > All goes well and then the line : > > can't load =B4kernel=B4 That's because the "loading ELF" message is from the OF trying to load the loader, not from the loader trying to load the kernel. Can you try booting with the "ultra0" and "ultra1" aliases which I mentioned in my previous mail, to select one or the other hard disk? Do a "reset-all" if a boot attempt failed to avoid the "CLAIM failed" messages. Thanks, Marco.