Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:47:48 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Brian Loomis <brianloomis1@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apple xServe CLuster Nodes Message-ID: <4C65A164.9040601@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CFF0A83C-C864-4B9E-965A-7E1BF91ADC14@mac.com> References: <CFF0A83C-C864-4B9E-965A-7E1BF91ADC14@mac.com>
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On 08/12/10 09:01, Brian Loomis wrote: > I have some old Apple xServe cluster nodes that are G5, according to the compatibility chart I can use 8.1 on this. > > What compatability is there with the little MacBook Air Apple External DVD drives. Are there other ones I should use? What has been the best experience for people? > I have no idea about USB DVD drives, or even if they are bootable on PowerPC macs. I've succeeded in installing FreeBSD on G5 cluster nodes by netbooting them. You need to grab the loader (/boot/loader) off the CD and make that available by TFTP, then extract the distribution to an NFS share. The OF command to do netbooting, once you have DHCP set up, is: boot enet:0,loader -Nathan
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