From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 7 20:53:23 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 5F97916A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:53:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net (cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51DCC43D1F for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:53:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from webmaster@machowto.com) Received: from h-68-167-189-170.dnvtco56.covad.net ([68.167.189.170] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1B0ClJ-0002gT-00 for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2004 20:53:09 -0800 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 21:53:21 -0700 From: "David S. Besade" To: Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Problems Installing FreeBSD-PPC X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 04:53:23 -0000 Hey everyone, Update: Okay so it is possible to load the kernel from a Mac Running MacOS = X to another Mac. Here is what I have done so far: My Dhcpd is the one from ISC, the config is basic, with no machine specific code in it what-so-ever. The tftp server is the one that=B9s built in, basicalled editied the xinetd.d files. And the NFS server is controlled wit= h netinfo. Now each on of those is working right now. I went into open firmware on the iMac and type boot enet:,loader I TFTP's to my G4, grabs loader, and executes, now, the boot -s command jus= t tells me can't find a bootable kernel, so I circumvent this by typing load kernel/kernel which loads "kernel" in the kernel folder. Now when that=B9s done, I type show (which shows the current vars) and make sure nfsroot and nfsserver are correct, change them accordingly, and then type boot -s, whic= h loads my kernel, and all is swell. Now here lays the problem, I get to and I type NFS, and it spit= s out: Mounting root from nfs Nfs_diskless: no interface Root mount failed: -1 I have come so far, when so many said this was impossible to do Mac to Mac, I disagreed and I am so close. Can someone help me out here? The iMac is a 400Mhz G3, 512MB RAM, 40GB IDE HDD, DVD Slot Loading Optical Drive, firewire, USB, etc ATI Rage 128 AGP (onboard) it is the first gen slot loading machine. P.S. Thanks for all who pointed me in the right direction ~Regards Dave