Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:16:33 -0600 (GMT) From: Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> To: grehan@freebsd.org, gallatin@cs.duke.edu Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Also interested in testing Message-ID: <2477619.1045847794323.JavaMail.nobody@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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Okay -- so the modem is accessible via a com port on the older iBook? I looked up the support on OpenBSD's site and found that the USB attached modem is only for newer G4 systems (powerbooks). Guess there's no need to look at porting ofwboot if you've already incorporated its functionality! The airport interface would be nice to have. Not that big a deal, though; I was using a crossover cable to my Dell laptop before I got the airport card so I don't have a problem as long as the ethernet card works. I went looking around for info on net booting and cross-compiling last night but didn't have much luck on the latter. I found the following for net booting: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/ I think I can puzzle out how to set up one for ppc based on this info. I also found this: http://jeamland.net/~benno/powerpc-boot.txt Combined with the extensive OF descriptions on the NetBSD site I should be able to get it to netboot. Question: Does the above link reflect a netboot from /home/spangle with a "complete" install under it? In other words, is there a complete directory tree such as one usually found hanging off / underneath /home/spangle? If so, how is this accomplished? I once did a source upgrade (from 4.5-RELEASE to 4.6-RC #4) but I don't recall an option to install to a nonstandard location... Finally, I wasn't able to find anything helpful for cross-compiling at all. The closest I got was an archived email about problems cross-compiling for apha on a pc but there wasn't much detail. Could someone here point me to a comprehensive guide or give me specific instructions? I figure while I'm trying to get the new drive in and partitioned and working on setup for netbooting I can at least get started trying to compile the code base. Any problems with compiling under 5.0-RELEASE I should be aware of? (Don't really want to upgrade the Dell while I'm trying to get the ppc code runnning with code from CURRENT) I've noticed OF bears a striking resemblance to Sun's OpenBootProm; does this extend to dropping you down to an OF prompt on Apple after executing a halt? Just curious... Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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