From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 06:15:57 2008 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 15E7516A419 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 06:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com (smtpoutm.mac.com [17.148.16.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F351613C447 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 06:15:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (asmtp008-s [10.150.69.71]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout015/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m036Fu4h012275; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:15:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/asmtp008/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m036FsMO012173 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:15:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu In-Reply-To: <20080102173956.GA22669@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:15:54 -0800 References: <200712301041.36623.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <20080101173551.cc92a546.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200801011239.55665.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <477BB7A8.6030200@gwi.net> <20080102173956.GA22669@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 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, 03 Jan 2008 06:15:57 -0000 On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:39 AM, jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu wrote: > Related, I tried some boot experiments, and it does appear to boot, or > at least attempt to boot, an OS, since with no drive installed when I > hit the power button it powers off immediately, but with a bootable > disk > hooked up (CD or hard drive) it gets to the point where I need to hold > it in for 5+ seconds before it powers off. This leads me to believe > that perhaps it's switched into some sort of "Apple-only" mode, or OFW > thinks the console exists somewhere else (serial?) in which case I'm > probably boned unless I can find information on setting up a serial > console for a G4, which so far I haven't. Serial consoles work out if the box. That is, when you set the console to be serial in OFW, FreeBSD uses that. This is known to work on a Xserve G4. However, you do need a machine with an actual serial port, not a built-in modem. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com