Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:00:35 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: brittman914@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 10.1 PPC64 on XServe G5 hangs at Openfirmware Loader [USB stick booting a PowerMac G5] Message-ID: <82907CD9-FF12-4D98-BD46-3F5B017B4638@dsl-only.net>
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I'm not sure which stage(s) you are after: Produce a usb memstick or =
just booting it after you have it. Also this is/was for a PowerMac G5 =
("quad"), not for a XServe. (I've never had my hands on an XServe.)
A) Producing the memstick...
Given the variety of possibilities for producing the stick, =
possibilities not limited to using the Powermac/XServer context, I'll =
just report for that: =
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/announce.html lists for unix-like =
contexts something similar to...
sudo dd =
if=3DFreeBSD-10.1-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20141207-r275566-memstick.img =
\
of=3D/dev/<APPROPRIATE-NAME> bs=3D10240 conv=3Dsync
where you need to figure out the <APPROPRIATE-NAME> based on the context =
you are working in and you might use a different .img file. (I used =
Modern Mac OS X to produce mine.) You might not need sudo but I did. You =
would first need to dismount any existing, already-mounted file systems =
from that stick (if any). The above puts down everything in the proper =
formats, including the partitioning: a very low level complete =
overwrite. Typos in <APPROPRIATE-NAME> can be a disaster: be careful.
B) Booting from the memstick...
Booting into openfirmware (using command-option-O-F) with the updated =
stick already plugged in the front automatically bound ud: to the stick =
appropriately. (No other USB sticks plugged in so it was the only USB =
disk.) The openfirmware command
dir ud:2,\ppc
(I think it was) would list the bootinfo.txt file that I reference below =
if ud: was bound automatically. (The 2 picks out the slice/partition to =
find the ppc folder/directory in.)
At the prompt I then used:
boot ud:2,\ppc\bootinfo.txt
=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net
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