From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 16:45:36 2007 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 C37B716A41B for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robertcmaples@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9FB13C461 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robertcmaples@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so1772052ugf for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:45:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; bh=d83f7CuaD8MCp3hxJRgN3LBRDJhRVptpZHigdNzx7RI=; b=RkrsfctBJueVFR2Hd5gW22nBes0pylSqWPs/SxBf/bUgMeGf5pK78HiZrXgsleEFGMiT6XLhTHJbQIeq7N+4tROB2wiHEAdZ+Ywuez3xEk5J82bXZJ2qHZroqnsAlvOfh5C1/WPEhU7SkxLZYUxU7fKVnnJdhPaJlq11HrgYvrw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; b=NOm+RdtAIQ4celPuwz4nmrKlj7P5tjO1nI5W1ZpDvtdg93Z81Xr4jffuIHOVGwD5gISmEDJpk5Hk777isa4iSDkBjuDHj01sHaHulJ3nYGVxS156NwuIChubJdcKlbVoHwCWyuqTMSkTSCfspnYLBWgNhXSDbR1nDkM6HMBkNOY= Received: by 10.66.220.12 with SMTP id s12mr5245885ugg.1190996272170; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.77.12 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <99bb78d00709280917o7a6f0c26y48c0a4b307da4527@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:17:52 -0400 From: "Cypher Frost" Sender: robertcmaples@gmail.com To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7a33699ce180d682 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: HowTo: Install freebsd-ppc on a g4 mac mini? 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: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:45:36 -0000 Has anyone written a detailed how-to for installing the PPC port of FreeBSD onto a g4 mac mini as the only OS? I want to use a mini to replace my current BSD server due to it's small size. However, I've been finding issues regarding the OpenFirmware that boots the mac. I've seen that it only reads HFS+ partitions and that fdisk does not work on the PPC port... So is there a detailed set of instructions on how to do this? I've seen http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/iso_install.txt but It's not horribly detailed. If I do make the change to FreeBSD on a mac mini, it'll be the only OS and I'd rather not have to boot into the openfirmware everytime I need to reboot the box. If anyone has done this and can give me a step-by-step of their experience, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, cypherfrost