Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:26 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POWER3 / IBM 7028-6E1 Message-ID: <4F0B7E32.4030807@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> References: <201201050014.57718.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu> <CA%2BWntOv%2BDnYmb36cB0OWEAYKkMr9AHv02SonOBWU=4WfLw1DkQ@mail.gmail.com> <201201091545.37129.lyubomir@grigorovl.eu>
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On 01/09/12 17:45, Lyubomir Grigorov wrote: >> I don't know what you and Nathan talked about; but, did you try the PPC(32) >> or PPC64? > I tried the 32bit PPC, as Nathan suggested. He said the 64-bit requires POWER4 > and higher. Upon selecting "Install Devices" from SMS, and then selecting the > CD-ROM, SMS doesn't recognize the CD as bootable and doesn't list the OS > (FreeBSD). With Debian and NetBSD it finds that the CD is bootable and lists > the title. > > I think this is because they both use yaboot, and I don't think the FreeBSD > uses it. Can you confirm this? I don't have a macintosh to test the FreeBSD PPC > CD. It does not use yaboot (I don't believe NetBSD does either). Bootable CD support on pSeries is super-experimental right now. Likely it needs some additional magic for your machine. If you can get to the OF prompt, you might be able to start the loader by hand. -Nathan
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