From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 18:02:07 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 AAB8F106568B for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from horst@sxemacs.org) Received: from mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413AD8FC1F for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:02:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from horst@sxemacs.org) Received: from [220.237.26.25] (c220-237-26-25.farfl2.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.237.26.25]) (authenticated sender horst.burkhardt) by mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m97I25Xn017806 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:02:05 +1100 From: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML In-Reply-To: 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> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-W2akJIDPyiu9VaVl5xnX" Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:02:29 +1100 Message-Id: <1223402549.15248.189.camel@horst-tla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 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 18:02:07 -0000 --=-W2akJIDPyiu9VaVl5xnX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 19:45 +0200, Marco Trillo wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Horst G=C3=BCnther Burkhardt III > wrote: > > All goes well and then the line : > > > > can't load =C2=B4kernel=C2=B4 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Thanks, > Marco. Done and done. Still the same issue. I'm chatting on IRC with Nathan Whitehall about it, and we found a fix. In the bootloader, it is necessary to set currdev=3Dultra0:10 (in OF parlance this is ultra0:11 which leaves us up a certain creek without a certain implement) ... and then boot.=20 I'm now in my comfy little root ttyv0 ready to get things rolling. Anything more I should be aware of? :) Thanks again for all your help. All of you. --=-W2akJIDPyiu9VaVl5xnX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkjrpDUACgkQRtTtv0BbTe4hygCePnK9go5nKmMfV/K/MhN9hRNd /JEAmwUo/19Pl4q14f/cJ/EDqUMz+YHR =Qc09 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-W2akJIDPyiu9VaVl5xnX--