From nobody Fri Jan 10 14:05:11 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YV3MC74Phz5kNrf for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [96.47.72.132]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "R10" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YV3MC5svPz4nW1; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1736517911; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=bYu2f5rzNAQ5KQoPxBOs3unaWCaAwzkbLlF6o/W/cXo=; b=kaCyrAGNClaW7J6i70dXEabX9kRTS+zSNei3Ec9evWbznlP8XQK00jy2tXjQIdvgcjS5lH 3bAoy7n+ix+QL036MgT7eP8DGRbFDigyk/84AlCDrySVD5hQbEGu6DZuvQbfgkqxh1Xc1B q975Q2XoMZ6T/IqD3RU0gvKtylHEnHJNfFkoOPJNHuVG/VGSBYMpgnL9EvcuQl1cl6ZSoc NlEwVS5xkUELrl2yXHGnBSean9GbG4Ya4EW9zDdUrFg80UcFnOBKoNARZHK7G/K3bKogwt U07ZAM/hLPGSZ0stDDEULEnOcmp31DR7EaO7R/LPxNA9dw9WyiYBSDkoqdYeIw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1736517911; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=bYu2f5rzNAQ5KQoPxBOs3unaWCaAwzkbLlF6o/W/cXo=; b=MGUMuMbsqjEH8ZpZpZyBweHVfQ3juOEDct2LDeyw2f81IgVMKOG3rp5/fiL+TbpYmVvrk4 MgtYLySUPJBpcmEuHFMft5osKX+RU/H8+eMcFkH1244jnfdRBaicPIx9UXGMs2+7FzEzmK HqLfQ8xzxSUoBp3Js7xZ4lJxfbAXDTx3eGOUZD41Pkb8p5q84tuAGBRVWfptGkp1xoFQtZ 4Kl934mRcUQ254C2xMvPhv7FviFKI4PLdBOgCMQlgWRIcj9hBDdrs3G5XZqVWz5YYi9ntE TCQIW9JsVUTETE6kthyM4QzknZBe3KNjSOY70muOyuecDrCOBaMhIymoPf1H4w== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1736517911; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=cmvQ6Ta7oEpNtakx/7uFb7DU+9d5uwUJ8OGtNQwhAmpNuYyQu4rkVZ6eyWrKgDPYmiGRVS AV2FuOfx+4hJxY2Op1Hdzd3Mu5IaKudY0d0iQ/ee34cntZcwxGVT5CFsFV+0NqYnBlnyvl w1OLHnyxLcA5npk3NB+hzeW5ijkaOwz9METqwAanUFHhRUwohGB65eUnygYyS2stUb/wQN wvhu9Sh+6cM3DgVv7YRlaT1hqdpKtkEPSOroNxcqwisLWlipV7/sE3juSSnbI+cpPlgLr8 N07WyRguUPADKFuvXxrSo0VTgRYClTYPmcqvBj2rxv6WlircUjEs+WS2HGSxvg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id B7DC347FC; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:05:11 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting an xserve G5? Message-ID: References: List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 11:06:55AM +0000, Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar wrote: > Hi all! > > As the subject line implies, I am looking for a way to netboot an > XServe G5 using the ppc64 port. This server I got for close to nothing > is on an excellent state, though unfortunately, the CD drive is not > really working (it ejects every CD/DVD I have ever tried to feed it), and > there are conflicting accounts on whether or not these machines can boot > from an USB stick. I've never bothered to boot my macs from removable media, and always preferred netbooting, esp. given how easy it is to setup. This is the first option recommended by grehan@ in his guide* and that's how I've installed FreeBSD on all my G4/G5 machines. HTH, ./danfe *) https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html