From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 17:43:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D9416A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:43:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from toyj@mail.bc.edu) Received: from bc.edu (mrlbva.bc.edu [136.167.2.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE31C43D46 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:43:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from toyj@mail.bc.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (HELO bc.edu) by fe1.bc.edu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 117795326; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:43:07 -0500 Received: from [216.20.9.22] (account toyj@mail.bc.edu) by be3.bc.edu (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.3.6) with HTTP id 6431984; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:43:06 -0500 From: jt To: edward ,freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.3.6 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:43:06 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <437CBD12.104@wanadoo.fr> References: <437CBD12.104@wanadoo.fr> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Can't boot on DVD to install 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, 17 Nov 2005 17:43:09 -0000 hey, edward | On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:25:38 +0100 | edward wrote: | I tested fw, fw1 and fwx. No luck. But at least, I get a different message with fw. When I type : | boot fw:,\boot\loader fw:0 | I get : | method not found; ihandle=ffbc5540 phandle=ff986bc0 load-size=0 adler32=1 | LOAD-SIZE is too small | ok | | I get the same message with | boot fw:,\boot\loader cd:0 ^^^^^^^ there you are passing fw but looking into another device... | boot fw:,\boot\loader fw1:0 here you change from fw to fw1 --- so consistency is necessary.... for example for me to boot my 2nd hd i had to pass "boot hd:,\loader ultra1:5" <-- that signifies boot the file "loader" on the main hd (ultra0) and then tell the loader program which disc drive "ultra1" and what partition "5" so you should probably try something similar to "boot fw1:,\boot\loader fw1:0" instead of the other variations...keep the initial drive and the secondary drive consistent hope that helps...sorry if its confusing...and in terms of a tech note...no i didn't have one...i just kind of toyed around with it...i suppose there are a few on the web as well as the fact that its also on some SUN systems or all SUN systems...i'm not exactly sure... -jt | boot fw:,\boot\loader fwx:0 | | Any ideas ? | Edward | | BTW, I obviously lack basic OF knowledge. Is there some kind of tech note I should ckeck out ? | | jt wrote: | > Depends on the system setup...and the number of ports the computer has...for | > instance my machine lists my hd's as ultra0 and ultra1... "0" being the | > first drive and "1" being the second...you need to check where the disks are | > mounted...there is an obvious difference in location between an HD and a CD | > / DVD in terms of locations...without seeing that your best bet...as there | > are probably only about two devices and you are mounting the root....is to | > test the two...my rule of thumb is top down...but you can also use the | > command "dev / ls" to check the root...kinda cool and kinda bizarre...i just | > had a correspondence similar to this....but once you figure it out...you got | > it. Best of luck...(if all else fails just test them) | > | > -jt | > | > | > On 16/11/05 18-9, "edward" wrote: | > | > | >>Hi James, | >>It does help, but I need a bit more... Running devalias gives me a list | >>of devices that I am having a hard time figuring out. The firewire | >>devices seem to be labeled fwx, fw1 and fw. | >>Any clue how I can figure out who is who ? | >>(you may have gathered by now I am kind of new to OF. Don't worry | >>though, I learn fast...) | >>Edward | >> | >>jt wrote: | >> | >>>Sure, seems like you are trying to load the default DVD drive...when | >>>connecting something new you need to check the proper OpenFirmware | >>>alias...so when you pop into OF -- type "devalias" scroll down and see where | >>>the external drive corresponds with the actual location...and exchange the | >>>"cd" for the "value delineated for external drive in OF" -- hope that | >>>helps... | >>> | >>>-jt | >>> | >>>On 16/11/05 17-41, "edward" wrote: | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>>>Hi, | >>>>I dowloaded and burned 7.0-20051105-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso and tried an | >>>>install on a PowerBook G4 667. I use an external DVD drive connected via | >>>>firewire. FreeBSD is to be installed on a 5 GB partition on an external | >>>>firewire disk, with another available partition for swap on the same | >>>>disk. I have an external USB keyboard + mouse. | >>>>With the FreeBSD DVD in the external drive, I booted into open firmware | >>>>and typed : | >>>>boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0 | >>>>I get : | >>>>can't OPEN: cd:,\boot\loader | >>>>Any idea what is going wrong ? | >>>>Thanks guys, | >>>>Edward | >>>> | >>>>_______________________________________________ | >>>>freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list | >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc | >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | > | > | > | > | -jt