From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 23:24:19 2012 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 C2462106566C; Mon, 28 May 2012 23:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@saltant.com) Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com (hapkido.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 950D78FC0C; Mon, 28 May 2012 23:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a77.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdcbhh.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.177]) by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540538211; Mon, 28 May 2012 16:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homiemail-a77.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a77.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD019406B; Mon, 28 May 2012 16:24:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=saltant.com; h=message-id:date :from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=saltant.com; b=pkboqMWG/XVNHzF7cbu+5nf5cIdPM4km3PW4x4cL4Gu03h5OMqB1QT9RB8IN8 KbEMNm+iGq3PZ+zDVIM9iCKxPOJ8VWOt49zPNuP33agPLHR4/TwvVjwv5XiAjlfW V9UJiZ2gnQmfCJ2L+xQITJ/AcABnOrWM+mQeNgIwJvNW/M= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=saltant.com; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=saltant.com; bh=3Mz40 xlTN6vN3XpMQy6TygpFl+8=; b=RJ7UEemrawsIwKX8s863Qed8Zew2UwvYxDJdk oqPVIhaY+ep4rTpv6S6zea1iSZx67Lw4vUR/vfw06ZvSDxkzvfxXYjhChNU+7ck8 1xo+5oVudmz8V081iRXC2+rPWrotSa+16upfxOcewvoH0GgE70Afbiim9JMT95LK trf8ao= Received: from imago.y.saltant.net (vice.saltant.net [96.227.187.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: john@saltant.com) by homiemail-a77.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C5B29405C; Mon, 28 May 2012 16:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FC40919.90304@saltant.com> Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 19:24:09 -0400 From: "John W. O'Brien" Organization: Saltant Solutions User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Whitehorn References: <4FC2F359.9000207@saltant.com> <4FC363B2.9090008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4FC363B2.9090008@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble booting 9-STABLE memstick on 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: Mon, 28 May 2012 23:24:19 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/28/2012 07:38 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 05/28/12 05:39, John W. O'Brien wrote: >> >> I am trying to install 9-STABLE (r236164, GENERIC) on a PowerBook >> G4 (model #A1010) that has a gimpy optical drive, but I cannot >> get the memstick to boot. I know my way around i386 and amd64 >> reasonably well, but am new to freebsd-ppc and to Open Firmware. >> CC me off-list with replies, please. >> > > Two suggestions: 1. It may show up in the graphical boot chooser > that comes up if you hold down "Option" 2. dd'ing the regular CD > image to a USB stick may also work > > It's also possible that your model of powerbook can't boot from > USB. It should, however, be able to boot from firewire -- in > particular, if you have a second powerbook/ibook/macbook you should > be able to boot from the other machine's optical drive if it is in > target mode. -Nathan Hi Nathan, Thanks for the suggestions. The only other FireWire-equipped Mac I have readily available is an Intel MacBook Pro (model #A1620). 1. When I hold down "Option" only the internal hard drive is presented as a bootable target. The options that come up when connected to the MacBook in TDM include the remote hard drive, but not the remote CD drive, or the remote memstick. 2. Tried this but could not detect any difference in how the memstick was handled. I've also tried this with the other combinations I could think of (memstick image vs. ISO image, local memstick vs. remote memstick via TDM, remote CD via TDM). I verified that the memstick and the CD are readable by the OS when each machine is booted natively. That is, each one is automounted and can be browsed in the Finder. Further, when I started with "Option" on the MacBook Pro, the choices included a CD-ROM icon labeled "Windows." Obviously the MacBook wouldn't boot from the CD. I also verified that I must not be too far off with the OFW syntax by doing "dir hd:,\" on the PowerBook. Since this is not a mission-critical exercise, I'll probably just let it go for now, unless there are other ideas forthcoming from you or the list. Regards, John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPxAkZAAoJEEdKvTwaez9wPIQH/i4/RWJ2w/82J8gQeMZV7Dzd rvc+22CSuc5Kgd2fZ6J6gLk6dXkpppSGbP33N/NrO8h4mcOHC50dyNb1aEHirBSW S4HosUCZRKVue8NsZh8ZlqHhi5eTcqRBMuyKYxECt/7H/Dknj2i8yhoJq8CrLaK5 m5PXGa/ZFiZuWlA8k3ZSreUe4Qq3d/5Dt3Nn5TA5X1iprsOs3sAnDw/4rv6pgDG2 L6F2N96bFp/9DCSw7yPp/trOKeK6em/8c2VoDsx/X2IAFww3A4v9ulhtylPiccB+ M4oWb1wYwDhQX+3nhmYXAg59YZOI2hoHQ7+8iDhE6jA8pLe/zO/qzfk5wvhUmVI= =yTX2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----