Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:01:24 -0800 From: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Stupid questions on installing Message-ID: <50F66C64.9090008@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOunumxMiBRs6RZcj4R1NJSN-rCB8fq1idnB0JR0oLVp%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOu16qqdiZNrWrtdHCkx8s%2BDGw=n_PT7kKYGnibVv%2Bp8UA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOunumxMiBRs6RZcj4R1NJSN-rCB8fq1idnB0JR0oLVp%2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/16/2013 00:05, Super Bisquit wrote: > I'd like to know if anyone has used the memstick image to > install FreeBSD to a PowerpC32 machine and what was done to the usb > device with the dd command. > Yes, G4 MDD FW400. Also boots OS9, NetBSD, OpenBSD this way. OS X might work, didn't care to try. pv -ptre memstick.img | dd of=/dev/da0 obs=2M pv just for the progress bar because I hate dd's reticence. 2M because it was fastest for that particular usb stick. Otherwise nothing fancy. Booting with option sometimes worked. Sometimes claim failed or it would spit out other nonsense (I thought adler was a german bird...) Booting with /pci@f2000000/blah/disk@1:,\\:tbxi caused screen corruption for a moment and sometimes worked Booting with /pci@f2000000/blah/disk@1:,\ppc\boot1.elf worked every time Where blah is usb@X[,Y] Since you can redirect OF to telnet, at least this stage can be easier if you can blind type those commands and have a telnet client available on another machine. Naturally installing is quite slow over usb 1.1, with a random NEC based USB2.0 card I was also able to install much faster. No idea about serial console, I only have the weird internal modem connector and I haven't figured out how to get a TTL console on it yet. No pinout appears available, although the traces seem to indicate some likely pins... Do you have something like a G4port on the Titanium? I assume G4 modem header 5v/3.3v TTL maybe? Matt
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