Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:55:21 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting started on POWER9 Message-ID: <33c9327d-ddba-a901-a4db-90f4aff010fd@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20181206095453.6ec3726d@ralga.knownspace> References: <CAFL8=tjdvcHP_Nb5HNSMoK%2B4drwzgy-nRsLnd=TC6=Sg34n5Xg@mail.gmail.com> <20181206095453.6ec3726d@ralga.knownspace>
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On 12/6/18 7:54 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 10:36:28 -0500 > Ali Mashtizadeh <mashtizadeh@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I was skimming through the mailing list archives and saw a few >> messages saying I could boot an OpenPower off a standard install >> image. It seems that this isn't true for the USB key as petiteboot >> doesn't know what to do with it. Is my only choice to install from >> the cd/dvd images? >> >> Best, >> Ali > My understanding is the USB image has *never* worked, and the cd/dvd > images will work. You can simply write the DVD image to a USB stick > and boot from it. I did that for my initial install. > > - Justin > _______________________________________________ > We should probably just stop providing the "memstick" image, actually. They are only needed (as an alternative to putting the DVD image on a USB stick) for a tiny subset of very old Apple computers -- I think just one or two models -- and don't even work on a much wider swath of more recent hardware. -Nathan
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