Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:14:41 -0600 From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting fresh Message-ID: <07DEDA0A-2A52-11D8-B092-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <3FD59D94.8040204@freebsd.org> References: <39194E04-29D4-11D8-9B51-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> <3FD51C6A.2020508@freebsd.org> <6E43B9CE-29F3-11D8-BE9A-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> <3FD59D94.8040204@freebsd.org>
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On Dec 9, 2003, at 4:01 AM, Peter Grehan wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
>> This kernel doesn't boot. When I set currdev=cd:. I get a little
>> closer
>> but then the loader complains that it can't load 'kernel'
>> no bootable kernel.
>
> I just built a fresh CD with the latest loader/kernel, and it
> works OK on my eMac. So,
>
I am starting to think its the tool I used to build the CD. I can boot
from
the image but I can't figure out why the loader can't load it.
I used Mac OS X's hdiutil makehybrid to build an image
> From the OpenFirmware prompt, can you do a directory of /boot/kernel/
> ?
> i.e.
>
> 0 > dir cd:,\boot\kernel\
> 3447548 12/ 9/ 3 19: 4:40 kernel ok
>
I get
57344 10/24/ 3 8:58:33 kernel
3447548 10/24/ 3 9: 3:26 kernel.syscons ok
0 >
> Then, it should be able to be seen from the loader prompt:
>
> OK ls -l /boot/kernel
> /boot/kernel
> 3447548 kernel
>
> > I still get tons of method <seek> not found errors...
>
> This can be avoided with the new loader by specifying currdev as
> the first parameter e.g.
>
> 0 > boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:,
can't load 'kernel'
Don't know... Perhaps I will make a tar of my CD layout and build the
ISO on a DragonFly or Linux
box and move it back to the Mac where my only burner is.
Dave
>
> later,
>
> Peter.
>
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