From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 01:47:23 2008 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 B50711065671 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:47:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.delaurell@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330748FC0C for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:47:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.delaurell@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so976440fgb.35 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:47:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=nZZPjz0wnmkqKMoEVdCs8lJ/frtC3dTrCNLF5/WfJz0=; b=q8yVRje9xQOg5LOBUn1rsoBShPvNF/kVf6NneXf6E6ChfR58gUHWSPfLl0TGCdj0P2 9K9jq1E6495ChpANL/iuZanAUReeyQ4PKXOkNp6BaLzoze2Kh093xsPg8RuYJTpr+Kbc O+TOxm8irWu+teGrI8nPD0DCD1ktJQwldze9w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=QnNcaHg7/6H/t6SE8D7i/AQn6bxPgVTEv0YUmwf9H9zq0xaJ+PCfaxm9hzmDqjdke4 99GK2QBPKqEaSVOJWP4fpwhqA1Ekn1y0Z49CU9t0HrvpQ33ZLIbV1qAm6yARTK5gengC 1DJZfnGMskBNjBVB55rxWwAU0M6OptAwNsqCY= Received: by 10.86.80.5 with SMTP id d5mr6736472fgb.19.1217553752585; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.92.12 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4324dbec0807311822r287e5073h890918173e61a4bc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:22:32 -0500 From: "Richard DeLaurell" To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: imac rev D 7.0 rel booting issue 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: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:47:23 -0000 I have just joined this list and don't know if this is an appropriate place to ask, nor am I aware of any archive to search to see if my question has been "asked-and-answered" already. I have installed 7.0 Release for ppc on an iMac 333 rev D. My first five partitions are the required mac hd drivers; the sixth is mac os9. It is also where I keep the boot loader file and kernel for the NetBSD 2.0.2, that which resides on partitions 7-10. Mac os9 takes up about 3g, and NB2 maybe 10g on my hd. I installed FreeBSD 7 on partitions 11-16; those begin at 11g. I copied the "boot" file from the install cd to the top directory of the os9 (as I did for NB2), however, when I try to boot FB7 at the openfirmware (3.0.d) prompt thus: 0>boot hd:,\loader hd:11 the loader does its duty and then stalls. If I change the boot command to: 0>boot hd:,\loader it reports that it "cannot load 'kernel'." I have tried copying a "generic.aa" file from the install cd's "kernels" folder to sit beside the loader file on the os9 partition, but to no avail. (Sorry for the lengthy details, but here's the question) I seem to remember something about the imacs having an 8g limit. Is this what I am running into? Why does it not affect the NB2 installation? Again, if there is an archive I could search for previous answers to this, I would be glad to know of that, and I apologize if this is a repeat. Thanks for any help. Richard DeLaurell