From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 26 17:19:50 2011 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 9C97A106566B for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (eterpe-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F948FC15 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:19:50 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from terra-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.13]) by eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LTO00JJTLCZYZ40@eterpe-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:19:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.32]) by terra-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LTO00MELLCZFG50@terra-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:19:47 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:19:47 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20111026181947.ce8c22ad.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.2 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: Loader/installer problems - can't load 'kernel' 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: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:19:50 -0000 On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:06:48 -0400 Chris Carr wrote: > I've tried to install FreeBSD 8.2 on two different Macs which both Which models? Be specific, different models can behave differently. > have bad optical drives. So I am trying to perform the install from > removable media. I've tried USB flash drive and an external firewire > HD. Neither is working. I can get the loader to boot (manually through I think that for firewire devices to work (past the boot menu stage), you need to load the sbp module. Use the menu to get to a boot prompt, then do "load sbp", then "boot". Now, see if that will alllow you to install from a firewire device. > I can use dir ,:\ to list the contents of the > install CD on the flash drive. I've passed the argument of the device tree path> to the loader when I run the boot command. FWIW, to make this work, I had to make an alias ("ud") in OF. Using the complete OF device tree path with the boot command didn't work for some reason. With the alias, it worked every time on the machines I have tried it on. Not all Macs are the same, YMMV. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen