From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 22:13:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E4E16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:13:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net (stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6327343D2D for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:13:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from welchsm@earthlink.net) Received: from c-24-118-219-83.mn.client2.attbi.com ([24.118.219.83] helo=NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net) by stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AzV3U-0006xz-00; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:13:01 -0800 Received: from NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i266CiiU001044; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:12:44 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm@localhost.welchsmnet.net) Received: (from welchsm@localhost)i266CioY001043; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:12:44 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:12:44 -0600 From: Sean Welch To: webmaster@machowto.com Message-ID: <20040306061244.GA1003@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELNK-Trace: 15d86f98c8ef8acad780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b451a742e5457c428f5646552aff28e0e350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How To install freeBSD PPC X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 06:13:02 -0000 You must place the freebsd loader executable itself under the tftp root level. Specifically, place the file "loader" which is normally found under /boot on a FreeBSD machine under your directory /tftproot so that it will get served out to your client Mac. Of course be sure this is the loader produced specifically for the powerpc version of FreeBSD. Everything else should be under the directory you specify as your system root to be served out via NFS. Specifically in your case this would be your /ppc-root-latest directory. A word of caution -- you are attempting to follow directions for setting up a server which are intended for configuring a FreeBSD server. You have done this under OS X instead. I do not know if the FreeBSD loader is capable of reading an NFS export hfs+ formated volume. Also, my understanding is that the Apple version of UFS is incompatible with the FreeBSD (much more standardized) version. In other words, it may not be possible to netboot FreeBSD from a Mac at this time. Anyone with more knowledge please chime in -- regardless I'd be interested in the outcome if you would like to give it a try anyway, David. Sean