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Date:      Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:26 -0600
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: POWER3 / IBM 7028-6E1
Message-ID:  <4F0B7E32.4030807@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu>
References:  <201201050014.57718.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> <CA%2BWntOv%2BDnYmb36cB0OWEAYKkMr9AHv02SonOBWU=4WfLw1DkQ@mail.gmail.com> <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu>

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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



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