From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 23:30:43 2010 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 D2A5D1065693 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEA58FC0C for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:30:43 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from terra-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.13]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LAA00KFCZZ57F00@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:30:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([80.203.109.34]) by terra-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LAA00BX8ZZ5RYD0@terra-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:30:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:30:41 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20101015013041.8883c85c.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <999A180A-F994-41E9-B4B4-96ACC11EC352@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <20101010012922.f65dbcf5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <999A180A-F994-41E9-B4B4-96ACC11EC352@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1-release on PowerBook G4 - is firewire disks supported? 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: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:30:43 -0000 On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:12:32 -0400 Paul Mather wrote: > I recently ran into the same problem. Firewire support is built in to the kernel but not, I discovered, the sbp device support. So, to get FireWire drives to show up, you need to "load sbp" from the FreeBSD boot > loader. The easiest way to do this is to press space when you get the countdown to booting the kernel from the FreeBSD boot loader. This will drop you into the FreeBSD boot loader prompt. > Then, type "load sbp" followed by "boot" to boot FreeBSD. The booted system will then recognise your external FireWire drive as a daX device. That worked nicely - thanks! And loading sbp from /boot/loader.conf also works, so I finally was able to install FreeBSD on this PowerBook (well, on the external drive really), even if it wasn't easy. More info here: http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4_freebsd I'll write more later. Now I need to sleep. -- Regards, Torfinn