From nobody Fri Jan 10 19:13:16 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YVBC96rWxz5kN7K for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:13:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abuhussain@secure.mailbox.org) Received: from mxtls1.mailbox.org (mxtls1.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:104:1:1:25:1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.mailbox.org", Issuer "Thawte TLS RSA CA G1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YVBC94j59z4MZR; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:13:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abuhussain@secure.mailbox.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtp2.mailbox.org (smtp2.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:b231:465::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mxtls1.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E26B4353A; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:13:31 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=secure.mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1736536411; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=WsS3aFeajC4vxFXF95jqH5Jj+P5gmIQTBYFbDsbGhRo=; b=XrJW5mZYifOTvo0m1SQtFd9kado8/EQ80QhHv9RrzXJqUNKzJozQLKzabr7QOosYmtWLwa m2Gd36v5iFkhxUk61Pwhl3446TRAlPpnE+QZSEtS66GoXMfq1tlMPJwT674acOtwtp+NwP x8OMCB6/YQjrBL0u5nU2Y0f0XGzkgnAOSTMrjwPSKszxvpYClpWDa38dG3s+elYjpK/+Fs /zMHMnnAEKixLLtY/H2mtv0wykpxd3vsUrClz9Wb/0G9Da30C0flQzN+hzvZ9D94D74/K7 LXICEmC61Vqt46oucXbI/a/Ivh3se1nFQVoEF48Wu9m/WkWrxAyZsanC3R6fsg== Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:13:16 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=secure.mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1736536409; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=WsS3aFeajC4vxFXF95jqH5Jj+P5gmIQTBYFbDsbGhRo=; b=lmgOdMm57kE0kH0vqQYVRi8hjQ72gN3+tZ0KGmJNqy4k0uCoDlHwSwFwvVrGwbXjl6AFAc u1sHfvNugiPha67pPkSITYebwxvK5yoSyBL1twfdhNR3f1JXsJJzJ+2XwhknJI2KeGVBAq PGqiHbRAdS9vi1YLHEtd/7SMHH5+Ax94hEIn87ccI2QvG67ZCHiHQFHHi8f+Qb3ZxEq68k gpv35AvqJ4dqYaXCSz/UeAFLCQhdhA8Z7a/DKTvxsgBAgkEmgPTeChoSP+bC1heaofuHDN DOgovICb2A7s9zuC9jvAwdZpxZl6ArOsua1aG87RibXLpANHv0V3ujwT0Fgm9w== From: Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar To: Alexey Dokuchaev Cc: Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooting an xserve G5? Message-ID: References: List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YVBC94j59z4MZR X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:199118, ipnet:2001:67c:2050::/48, country:DE] Hi Alexey, Thank you very much - I totally missed that guide. It worked, and I am able to boot single user now. The only problem: the host runs e x c r u c i a t i n g l y slow - not as in 'it lags!', but as in 'I have to wait for minutes until what I type on the keyboard appears on the screen', so the system really isn't usable in this state. My NFS server is a DragonFly box. It has netbooted, as I stated before, NetBSD and OpenBSD seamlessly. I checked the FreeBSD docs, specifically the 'Advanced Networking' section which describes PXE, but there is no mention of specific/preferred flags to be passed to NFS/mountd. Has anyone seen this behaviour before and/or could you share the relevant portion of your rc.conf so I can check it against mine? Alexey: Thanks again for the useful hint! BR.- * Alexey Dokuchaev : > On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 11:06:55AM +0000, Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > As the subject line implies, I am looking for a way to netboot an > > XServe G5 using the ppc64 port. This server I got for close to nothing > > is on an excellent state, though unfortunately, the CD drive is not > > really working (it ejects every CD/DVD I have ever tried to feed it), and > > there are conflicting accounts on whether or not these machines can boot > > from an USB stick. > > I've never bothered to boot my macs from removable media, and always > preferred netbooting, esp. given how easy it is to setup. This is the > first option recommended by grehan@ in his guide* and that's how I've > installed FreeBSD on all my G4/G5 machines. HTH, > > ./danfe > > *) https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html >