From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 22:48:34 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 A9C671065679 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E178FC12 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:48:34 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LF5009MM0OXP650@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:48:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.77]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LF5000JP0OWZOG0@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:48:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:48:32 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20110116234832.100f1617.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerBook 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: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:48:34 -0000 FYI, I just tried booting the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image (disc1) on a PowerBook G4[1]. This PowerBook has a broken optical drive, so I just dd'ed the image onto a usb memory stick, and booted that from Open Firmware. (Would it be possible to add an Apple boot partition to a usb memory stick so it could boot from the boot menu (option / alt key) on a Mac?) The image did work, I got to the main menu, and could select Fixit, but when I tried "livefs from usb", the installer claimed that there were no USB devices available. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. References: 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4_freebsd -- Torfinn