From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 06:14:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9747916A4CE; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:14:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-97.apple.com [17.250.248.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B503643D34; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:14:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leimy2k@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hB9EEiiQ011111; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:14:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-156-166-212.jan.bellsouth.net [66.156.166.212]) (authenticated bits=0)hB9EEhxO024579; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:14:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3FD59D94.8040204@freebsd.org> References: <39194E04-29D4-11D8-9B51-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> <3FD51C6A.2020508@freebsd.org> <6E43B9CE-29F3-11D8-BE9A-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> <3FD59D94.8040204@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <07DEDA0A-2A52-11D8-B092-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Leimbach Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:14:41 -0600 To: Peter Grehan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting fresh X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:14:46 -0000 On Dec 9, 2003, at 4:01 AM, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Dave, > >> This kernel doesn't boot. When I set currdev=cd:. I get a little >> closer >> but then the loader complains that it can't load 'kernel' >> no bootable kernel. > > I just built a fresh CD with the latest loader/kernel, and it > works OK on my eMac. So, > I am starting to think its the tool I used to build the CD. I can boot from the image but I can't figure out why the loader can't load it. I used Mac OS X's hdiutil makehybrid to build an image > From the OpenFirmware prompt, can you do a directory of /boot/kernel/ > ? > i.e. > > 0 > dir cd:,\boot\kernel\ > 3447548 12/ 9/ 3 19: 4:40 kernel ok > I get 57344 10/24/ 3 8:58:33 kernel 3447548 10/24/ 3 9: 3:26 kernel.syscons ok 0 > > Then, it should be able to be seen from the loader prompt: > > OK ls -l /boot/kernel > /boot/kernel > 3447548 kernel > > > I still get tons of method not found errors... > > This can be avoided with the new loader by specifying currdev as > the first parameter e.g. > > 0 > boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:, can't load 'kernel' Don't know... Perhaps I will make a tar of my CD layout and build the ISO on a DragonFly or Linux box and move it back to the Mac where my only burner is. Dave > > later, > > Peter. >