From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 11 15:54:26 2011 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 1EA261065670 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:54:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20C08FC1A for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so5217582vws.13 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:54:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=023JA6A7yqhywTnj5QObgMOURzFF9eyeV5EW1xX0iz8=; b=gCVc2UtUnY5tqjOVdSJpOTAFa/M7/CibsoQeJ8nQPnsx6Qap/FXqxPzEN+5Eht1KVE esI3Rw9ksfhPEsWz7KgyA+jASFC9pj6nW+01CWaGkyGeDfW2XZ0l+hnYIFNrQ0IdCQnU gUbIxdhcioGQb5bkNYk13/TbikNS7H8MoDlbQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=c/Cv6a9iREIuUnBvygM+ffVKCjav9zowJP4JjSdT6q00GLVLMjGqI+ye/KTbAMhfbv OXZi3stWPZ3JALQsBcnMyuwJW9L6BHwzY9yEkbjpJYBXkpUURuZElNFJcQt96QG3tp0p hLaau7mdaFUNqnesYCXa6ewG7zhB82wgKRGu0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.66.135 with SMTP id f7mr7708540vdt.198.1302537264321; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:54:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.186.138 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:54:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0EEB76F5-AD87-49CE-B6EA-918D37ABB299@alumni.cwru.edu> References: <0C916BB9-58E0-4C0A-AEDB-F1D30BD64D5C@alumni.cwru.edu> <0EEB76F5-AD87-49CE-B6EA-918D37ABB299@alumni.cwru.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:54:24 -0400 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Justin Hibbits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: March bsdinstaller snapshot 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: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:54:26 -0000 I just thought of a second way: 1) Download the bsdinstall image. 2) Make a copy of the image in another directory. 3) cp -R /path/to/kernel iso/path/to/kernel 4) Close and burn I know the method works on Linux; so,it should work on BSD. On 4/10/11, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Apr 10, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Super Bisquit >> wrote: >> What happens if you boot from the OF prompt? >> >> On 4/10/11, Justin Hibbits wrote: >> > Nathan & list, >> > >> > I just tried booting the bsdinstaller snapshot from March for >> ppc32 on >> > a last generation PowerBook G4 (HiRes 1.67GHz), but it shuts down >> very >> > shortly after starting to boot the kernel (I see the line "WITNESS >> > support enabled...", and it shuts down right after I finish reading >> > that line, there are a couple more lines, but I can't read them). >> > >> > Anyone else see this? >> >> If you have a stable kernel, try placing it on a usb key and booting >> that kernel with the cd. >> >> That may work, I'm taking a wild guess. >> > >> > - Justin > > The same CD boots on a 1GHz G4 TiBook. > > Live CD is pretty slick on my TiBook. > > Just to be clear, I just noticed there are two WITNESS lines in > dmesg. On the AlBook, it stops really close to the first one, not the > last one. I have not tried another kernel on the AlBook. > > - Justin