From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sat Jul 6 20:06:08 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220F015D12F5 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2019 20:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tuexen@freebsd.org) Received: from drew.franken.de (drew.ipv6.franken.de [IPv6:2001:638:a02:a001:20e:cff:fe4a:feaa]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.franken.de", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B094875098 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2019 20:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tuexen@freebsd.org) Received: from [IPv6:2a02:8109:1140:c3d:4845:e2f:c458:c640] (unknown [IPv6:2a02:8109:1140:c3d:4845:e2f:c458:c640]) (Authenticated sender: macmic) by mail-n.franken.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B56AA721E281A; Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:05:55 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: autobooting FreeBSD on Black Bird From: Michael Tuexen In-Reply-To: <20190706181345.GB4111@lonesome.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:05:54 +0200 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <9D0BD037-29F5-46CB-AF90-EE4C0572C625@freebsd.org> References: <0694EB91-05BD-4E98-BE6C-B1114D7DAE83@freebsd.org> <20190706181345.GB4111@lonesome.com> To: Mark Linimon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mail-n.franken.de X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 20:06:08 -0000 > On 6. Jul 2019, at 20:13, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 02:03:18PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote: >> Using these settings I would expect the system to boot FreeBSD >> automatically after 5 seconds. This does not happen. The system >> also tests for PXE boot although not configured above. > > I just yesterday updated the wiki article: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/Raptor/Blackbird > > based on my experiences with the new box sitting at my left elbow :-) > So, it's possible to make it work. Our settings appear _almost_ > identical. > > OTOH that article still has the instructions I was given to set up > remote access (at Integricloud). So, I *did* do the 'ifconfig enP4p1s0f2' > dance, whether or not it was neccessary. I didn't download the image on the host, but on a separate computer and then created a USB stick. However, this didn't work since I could not get USB to work. So I used a DVD (after adding the DVD reader to the Black Bird) and could install FreeBSD from there. FreeBSD also sees no USB at all. Not sure why. But Ethernet is working. > > So I would either try that, or set Network to "DHCP on a specific > interface", which I think I had to specify, as well. OK. I did that, but I still have to manually choose that I want to boot FreeBSD. > > Let me know what works for you and I will update the wiki article. > I expect we will have more users joining us. I hope that... Best regards Michael > > mcl