From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 23:54:28 2012 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 F233F106566B for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 23:54:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C010B8FC0A for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 23:54:28 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LXK00F002ER4L00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (i3-user-nat.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.12]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LXK0048O2EQRS30@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:27 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:26 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <4F0B7E32.4030807@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.255.12 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-12, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.1.9.234514, SenderIP=128.104.255.12 References: <201201050014.57718.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111213 Thunderbird/8.0 Subject: Re: POWER3 / IBM 7028-6E1 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: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:54:29 -0000 On 01/09/12 17:45, Lyubomir Grigorov wrote: >> I don't know what you and Nathan talked about; but, did you try the PPC(32) >> or PPC64? > I tried the 32bit PPC, as Nathan suggested. He said the 64-bit requires POWER4 > and higher. Upon selecting "Install Devices" from SMS, and then selecting the > CD-ROM, SMS doesn't recognize the CD as bootable and doesn't list the OS > (FreeBSD). With Debian and NetBSD it finds that the CD is bootable and lists > the title. > > I think this is because they both use yaboot, and I don't think the FreeBSD > uses it. Can you confirm this? I don't have a macintosh to test the FreeBSD PPC > CD. It does not use yaboot (I don't believe NetBSD does either). Bootable CD support on pSeries is super-experimental right now. Likely it needs some additional magic for your machine. If you can get to the OF prompt, you might be able to start the loader by hand. -Nathan