Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:11:59 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Michael Dexter <dexter@ambidexter.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from CD Message-ID: <42840CEF.4000200@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <a0621020bbea6115e61ab@[192.168.1.100]> References: <a06210262bea18ec9f0f6@[192.168.1.101]> <427D6568.3010505@freebsd.org> <a0621020bbea6115e61ab@[192.168.1.100]>
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Hi Michael,
> Failing that, I concluded that it would be easiest to mount the
> PowerBook (Pismo) in FireWire "target disk mode" on an x86 system from
> which I can partition and install software either from install ISO
> binaries or source.
>
> Assumption: UFS2 under x86 will be the same as UFS2 under PowerPC. Flawed?
Yes :( The FreeBSD UFS code will only work on the endian type that
created the filesystem. (NetBSD can be compiled to do this - it detects
the disk endian and byte-swaps appropriately). PPC and i386 won't be
able to read a UFS volume created by the other.
Even though the kernel can't detect the media bay, the loader can
still use it, so I'd recommend an NFS install.
> Else from source but I encountered the following build errors:
...
> And under current:
>
> building shared library libasn1.so.7
> Abort trap (core dumped)
> *** Error code 134
>
> Stop in /usr/src/kerberos5/lib/libasn1.
> *** Error code 1
The compiler needs to be patched
http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/sysv4.h.diff
http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/rs6000.c.diff
> Was miniinst.iso created with a normal 'make release' process?
Yep, on an eMac. All the release stuff is in the tree.
later,
Peter.
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