From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 17:15:57 2008 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 C1FD316A41B for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A38D13C45B for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from OMTA14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.60]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YfV31Y0031HzFnQ050AU00; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:04:56 +0000 Received: from [IPv6:::ffff:71.202.237.176] ([71.202.237.176]) by OMTA14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Yh4o1Y00E3p2UHB3a00000; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:04:49 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Alw-IsrZFxEjVH9w8H0A:9 a=pST8IRS78PBaG9OZE4hE-orCceMA:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <43527D69-8990-47FA-84A3-E416AF9C5D39@uchicago.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Nathan Whitehorn Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:04:39 -0800 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) Cc: Subject: Re: Half-dead 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: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:15:57 -0000 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