From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 14:42:43 2003 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 2292516A4B3 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vin.willbarton.com (vin.willbarton.com [208.11.16.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 396ED43FBD for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wb@willbarton.com) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (xdsl-81-173-151-110.netcologne.de [81.173.151.110]) by vin.willbarton.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C4B1C; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:35:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org> References: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <2DB0407C-0734-11D8-B4D8-00039382989A@willbarton.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Will Barton Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:42:49 +0200 To: Peter Grehan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New tarball available 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, 25 Oct 2003 21:42:43 -0000 I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing, but it doesn't seem to be. I have a Quicksilver PowerMac 867, and I can netboot (as per the instructions) with no problem... but (and here's where it gets a bit hard to explain without sounding like a complete dodo ;) when it gets to the 'mountroot>' prompt, I get a "panic: Root mount failed", and it drops to the 'db>' prompt, and continues to scroll as though the Enter key is stuck until I hit another key (any key), at which point it stops scrolling, but I cannot type anything at all. I'm also disabling syscons, since I don't have a non-ADC display. Otherwise, I don't think there is anything special here. -Will On Oct 24, 2003, at 8:34 AM, Peter Grehan wrote: > I've put up a tarball at: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/ppc-root-102303.tbz2 > > (STOP PRESS: the loader in the tarball missed out on a vital > isync patch: please replace with the loader at > http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/loader) > > The kernel contains a syscons module that uses the 8-bit frame buffer > set > up by OpenFirmware, so it should look very familiar to FreeBSD/i386 > users. > It currently relies on having a USB keyboard, so if you have a system > that > uses an ADB keyboard (e.g. early iBooks, B&W G3), then you have to > either > attach a USB keyboard, or disable syscons at the loader prompt to use > the > old ofw console > > OK set hw.syscons.disable=1 > > But don't do this unless you really have to. Since USB is enabled in > the > kernel, this doesn't work too well on boxes with USB keyboards, but > then, > syscons is a way better console environment than ofwcons. > > For those who haven't installed before, there's some very terse > instructions > at: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html > > Make sure to have a strong sense of adventure and know how to use the > programmer's switch :-) And for kicks, syscons users should try this > on the console: > > # sh /usr/share/examples/dialog/radiolist > > ... and verify the first radio button :-) Also, check out VTY > switching > using Alt-F? (aka Option-F?). > > later, > > Peter. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >