Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:30:15 +0200 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from CD Message-ID: <1116232215.712.4.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <42840CEF.4000200@freebsd.org> References: <a06210262bea18ec9f0f6@[192.168.1.101]> <a0621020bbea6115e61ab@[192.168.1.100]> <42840CEF.4000200@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Le Vendredi 13 mai 2005 à 12:11 +1000, Peter Grehan a écrit : > Hi Michael, > > > Failing that, I concluded that it would be easiest to mount the > > PowerBook (Pismo) in FireWire "target disk mode" on an x86 system from > > which I can partition and install software either from install ISO > > binaries or source. > > > > Assumption: UFS2 under x86 will be the same as UFS2 under PowerPC. Flawed? > > Yes :( The FreeBSD UFS code will only work on the endian type that > created the filesystem. (NetBSD can be compiled to do this - it detects > the disk endian and byte-swaps appropriately). PPC and i386 won't be > able to read a UFS volume created by the other. I thought PPC could work in both endian modes (31th or 63th bit of MSR), that would mean FreeBSD/ppc could read UFS volumes created by FreeBSD/i386 but not the opposite. Please tell me if I'm wrong. -- Florent Thoumie flz@xbsd.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCiFoXMxEkbVFH3PQRAntyAJ9EwYF6f4fzw+U8tENbojFW11Oc3wCfSbT3 gdKx3wpyTrWDOjqdWl5y1b8= =CRzY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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