Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:04:39 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 Message-ID: <43527D69-8990-47FA-84A3-E416AF9C5D39@uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com> 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> <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com>
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On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > 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. There used to be cards that replaced the modem with an exposed serial ports (essentially pass-through cables from the header on the motherboard). One was called the GeeThree Stealth Serial Port. You may still be able to find them on eBay. -Nathan
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