From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 23:10:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org 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 858C916A41F for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:10:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kouye@wanadoo.fr) Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr (smtp6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209A843D49 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:10:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kouye@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0612.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 9E7851C0014B for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:10:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (ASte-Genev-Bois-151-1-11-76.w82-121.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.121.137.76]) by mwinf0612.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 53D761C00146; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:10:12 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20051116231012343.53D761C00146@mwinf0612.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <437BBC40.5010401@wanadoo.fr> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:09:52 +0100 From: edward User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051004) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot on DVD to install 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: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:10:14 -0000 Hi James, It does help, but I need a bit more... Running devalias gives me a list of devices that I am having a hard time figuring out. The firewire devices seem to be labeled fwx, fw1 and fw. Any clue how I can figure out who is who ? (you may have gathered by now I am kind of new to OF. Don't worry though, I learn fast...) Edward jt wrote: > Sure, seems like you are trying to load the default DVD drive...when > connecting something new you need to check the proper OpenFirmware > alias...so when you pop into OF -- type "devalias" scroll down and see where > the external drive corresponds with the actual location...and exchange the > "cd" for the "value delineated for external drive in OF" -- hope that > helps... > > -jt > > On 16/11/05 17-41, "edward" wrote: > > >>Hi, >>I dowloaded and burned 7.0-20051105-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso and tried an >>install on a PowerBook G4 667. I use an external DVD drive connected via >>firewire. FreeBSD is to be installed on a 5 GB partition on an external >>firewire disk, with another available partition for swap on the same >>disk. I have an external USB keyboard + mouse. >>With the FreeBSD DVD in the external drive, I booted into open firmware >>and typed : >>boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0 >>I get : >>can't OPEN: cd:,\boot\loader >>Any idea what is going wrong ? >>Thanks guys, >>Edward >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > >