From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 22:23:38 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 66C8D16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:23:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D23643D1D for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:23:38 -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 scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AzVDl-00048C-00 for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:23:37 -0800 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:23:36 -0700 From: "David S. Besade" To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040306061244.GA1003@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: How To install 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: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 06:23:38 -0000 on 3/5/04 11:12 PM, Sean Welch at Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org wrote: > You must place the freebsd loader executable itself > under the tftp root level. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Sean >=20 Sean: Open Firmware can't understand UFS, that=B9s why the loader needs to be on an HFS+ partition, it was my understanding you could do this from a Mac? I am really confused and out of CD-R's so I need some help ;) ~Dave